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Batteries and microchips: a new generation of the Wang family of Wuxi
In the space of three days, Wuxi Lead was approved to issue ADRs in Switzerland and Leadmicro had a big IPO in Shanghai. The two companies are run by a father and his son, and their contrasting experiences illustrate how a new generation of family business leaders is emerging in China.
Gold in the sewage: An environmental monitoring SME focused on water lists in Shanghai
Bescient Technologies produces automated systems for monitoring water quality, and its IPO application has just been approved.
China halts 60 IPOs amid accounting fraud cases
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SenseTime postpones Hong Kong IPO after more U.S. sanctions
Chinese AI giant SenseTime postponed a planned $767 million IPO in Hong Kong after a U.S. Treasury Department blacklisting. It was the second round of U.S. sanctions placed on the company, after it was accused in 2019 of developing facial recognition software targeting Uyghurs.
How Didi’s shocking-but-inevitable delisting happened, in six steps
In June, the ridesharing firm that ate Uber alive in China went public in the United States. Now China has decided to eat it alive. Didi’s delisting is no big surprise — but the risk of U.S.-China financial decoupling and a mass exodus of over 250 Chinese ADRs has never been greater.
China to close loophole for foreign IPOs?
A legal workaround that has allowed Chinese companies in restricted industries to raise capital abroad, primarily in the U.S., looks set to end.
China asks Didi to delist from New York Stock Exchange
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Hong Kong Stock Exchange expedites approval process for IPOs
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Chinese companies reconsider U.S. IPO, look to Hong Kong
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Editor’s note for Friday, October 29, 2021
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn. Today: No sleep for China’s regulators; Netflix announces cast list for Three-Body Problem adaptation; Evergrande averts default, again; Boeing is expected to get green light for 737 Max in China in early 2022; Chinese investors lose money on record number of first-day trades, as Hong Kong loses spot in top three listing venues; U.S. Senate votes unanimously to prevent Huawei and ZTE from receiving new equipment licenses; the Cyberspace Administration of China issues more guidance on data security reviews.
China’s biggest all-in-one medical service goes public
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China’s Red New Deal: Tracking all the different crackdowns on companies going on right now
Updated October 26: The China Project’s tracker of all of China’s different crackdowns — now affecting 19 different industries or interest groups.
What the Didi fiasco reveals about China’s fealty to markets
The Chinese government’s recent moves to rein in Didi and whip the tech industry into line have been a decade in the making.
Didi drops 20% after IPO as Beijing tightens data security review
Chinese cybersecurity regulators launched investigations of three companies that had recently listed in the U.S., hinting at concerns that their data could fall into foreign hands. Beijing also said that it would “consolidate the information security responsibilities of overseas listed companies.”
Used electronics marketplace Aihuishou lists on NYSE
Second hand isn’t so cheap any more, at least not if you’re investing in Chinese platforms for trading in used goods of all kinds. Aihuishou, which focuses on connecting buyers and sellers of used mobile phones and computers, just IPO’d in New York giving the company a value of $3.5 billion.
Didi the Uber-slayer set for the world’s biggest initial public offering
Didi Chuxing, the home-grown car-hailing company that ate Uber alive in China, is planning what could be the world’s biggest ever share sale.
Chinese e-grocers Dingdong Maicai and Miss Fresh both file for U.S. IPO
Two competing companies that deliver fresh vegetables and other groceries to Chinese consumers announced on the same day that they would fundraise on American markets.
‘Smart’ social media app Soul files for an IPO in the U.S.
Soul is an AI-powered app that creates social circles for its users based on personality tests. It’s still tiny — only 6 million active daily users — but it’s backed by internet behemoth Tencent, and it’s about to raise a boatload of cash.
Huiyuan, China’s biggest fruit juice company, delisted
Huiyuan Juice, famous for its advertising slogan “Only with Huiyuan is it the real Lunar New Year,” won’t have a happy new year in 2021: The company was delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Market on January 18.
Tech companies prepare for jumbo IPO season in Hong Kong and Shanghai
Chinese tech companies are raring to go in 2021, with two companies aiming to IPO, and five planning secondary listings in China.
