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Gome: the civil war is over
The battle for Gome is finally over. That was the message – delivered loud and clear – as the Chinese electricals retailer unveiled its first set of results since its newly elected chairman, Zhang...
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Tablet wars: LePad vs iPad
The phrase “a war with iPhone” slipped from the mouth of Lenovo’s chairman, Liu Chuanzhi, when the Chinese electronics company launched its smartphone handset – the LePhone – last year. With the recent...
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China’s new securities regulator has a China dream, too
When Xiao Gang, the new boss of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, used ‘China dream’ as the theme of his first public speech following his appointment back in March, he was making an obvious...
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China exports: doing the rounds
China’s April trade data published this week highlighted a nagging question – are companies over-stating their exports to secure legal and illegal financial benefits? Economists say exports are almost...
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Where can investors seek compensation in China if they think they have been cheated in a public stock offering? Until now it’s been the company itself or its controlling shareholders. But in the case...
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Galaxy Securities breaks Hong Kong’s IPO drought, more to come
After an IPO drought in Hong Kong lasting more than half a year, China Galaxy Securities Co Ltd raised $1.07bn in an initial public offering on Wednesday, the largest local deal so far this year and a...
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Ugly row at Shanghai beauty group
Disputes between managers and shareholders aren’t new in Communist China. But now a public row has erupted in one of the country’s oldest businesses – a one-hundred year-old cosmetics manufacturer...
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The fall of HKMEx and what it means for Hong Kong’s commodities dreams
The sudden blow-up of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) not only represents the collapse of a commercial proposition. It is also a warning call to Hong Kong’s ambition to develop itself as a...
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Hong Kong’s commodities ambitions: backfiring?
The troubled Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange looks unlikely to be back in business any time soon. With regulators and the Hong Kong police opening separate investigations – followed quickly by three...
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China Cosco: more fire sales ahead
China’s biggest shipping company is selling to save face. China Cosco Holdings Co, the financing arm of state-owned China Ocean Shipping Group (the Cosco Group), has announced two asset disposals in as...
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China: Jack’s back…
Jack Ma is back in action. Less than three weeks after giving up management control at Alibaba, the founder of the Chinese internet giant is back in the headlines with a Rmb100bn-plus logistics...
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Why wealthy Chinese buy their insurance in Hong Kong
Wealthy Chinese mainlanders famously love to go shopping in Hong Kong, hungry for items such as milk powder, gold and luxury shoes and handbags. But they also like to buy less high profile items,...
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China Everbright: third time lucky?
China Everbright Bank is trying for the third time to make its debut in Hong Kong’s IPO market. Will it be lucky this time around? Bankers close to the deal told beyondbrics that Everbright had filed...
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LightInTheBox: glimmer in the dark
The successful NYSE debut of LightInTheBox, a Beijing-based online retailer and the first Chinese company to go public in the US this year, has lifted hopes that the deep gloom surrounding Chinese...
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China’s new round of IPO reform
China’s Securities Regulatory Commission has begun consultation on a new round of IPO reform, raising hopes that it is preparing to lift its most recent ban on initial public offerings, imposed last...
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China: students go for foreign universities
Harvard University Chinese high school students are increasingly shunning the National College Entrance exam (Gaokao in Chinese), and turning instead to international tests like the US-based SAT...
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China: official stock-buying didn’t work before and won’t work now
Central Huijin Investment, a Chinese state-owned investment company, has bought stakes in six of the country’s largest financial groups in a bid to deliver a confidence boost to the tumbling domestic...
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Chinese finance: undercover operations
The PBoC? Well after the end of the working day in Beijing, it is still unclear precisely what happened in China’s financial markets on Friday, where money market rates fell relieving an intense cash...
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China: savers flock to shadow-bank deposits in response to higher rates
China’s recent cash squeeze is having the perverse effect of attracting more savers into the controversial wealth management products (WMPs) that the authorities want to bring under greater scrutiny....
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Alibaba: shaking up Chinese finance
With Chinese regulators still scratching their heads on how to handle shadow banking, there’s a whole new world of internet finance to comprehend, spearheaded by Alibaba, China’s biggest ecommerce...
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