China tech crackdown

Chinese tech financier released after probe: former colleague

[BEIJING] Chinese tech financier Bao Fan has been released by Chinese authorities after vanishing from public view over two years ago while “cooperating” with an investigation, a former colleague told...

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👲🏻 Want to invest in China tech stocks? Here are some things to know

The sea of red seen in the US stock market has not sparked joy for many.

Since 2023, Xi’s government has eased off on the campaign and indicated that it still sees the trillion-dollar technology sector as an important part of the country’s economy.

Why China investors finally believe Xi’s tech crackdown is over

Beijing has made clear it sees China’s technological future not in video games and online marketplaces, but in industries that are more pivotal to the geopolitical rivalry with the US

China Evergrande Group chairman Hui Ka Yan at a news conference on the property developer's annual results in Hong Kong, March 28, 2017.

China can’t blame everything on wayward billionaires

Fallen tycoons likely could not have engaged in the risky behavior that blew up their empires without lax oversight and help from local officials

Foreign business lobbies says the crackdown damages investor confidence in the world’s second-largest economy.

China fines Mintz US$1.5 million for ‘unapproved’ work, after raiding its Beijing office

CHINA fined US firm Mintz Group about US$1.5 million for doing “unapproved statistical work”, said a Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics notice after a raid of its Beijing office sparked worries ab...

Encouraging Chinese tech firms to back consumer-facing companies would represent a pivot from the government’s guidance of the past few years.

China asks tech giants to showcase investments in sign of easing

CHINA has asked its largest technology companies to provide case studies of their most successful startup investments in consumer, telecom and media companies, a sign authorities are ready to grant th...

Alibaba’s historic split is set to energise competition in areas such as the cloud, online commerce and logistics.

What comes next as China’s tech crackdown winds down

CHINA spent the better part of two years reining in the country’s most powerful private technology companies, including Alibaba Group Holding, Tencent Holdings and Didi Global, along with their ultra-...

Alibaba, which spun off Ant 11 years ago and has a 33 per cent stake, said on Sunday it was considering whether to participate in the buyback.

Alibaba, Tencent shares rise as investors bet China’s tech crackdown is over

ALIBABA Group and Tencent shares rose in Hong Kong on Monday (Jul 10) after China’s US$984 million fine against the Jack Ma-founded Ant Group appeared to signal the end of a regulatory crackdown on th...

Cainiao warehouse in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China, October 26, 2020. The logistics firm is one of six Alibaba units to be split off from the main company.
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Chinese tech IPOs’ complicated comeback

AFTER going silent for over a year, the market for Chinese tech listings is finally showing signs of life again. Global investors would probably love to “gan bei” to a fresh wave of stock market debut...

The disappearance of Bao Fan, the founder and controlling shareholder of investment bank China Renaissance, is the latest in a series of similar cases.

China Renaissance shares plunge after saying chairman unreachable

CHINA Renaissance Holdings saw its shares plummet by as much as 50 per cent on Friday (Feb 17) after the investment bank said it was unable to contact its chairman and chief executive, Bao Fan, in the...