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May 2023

The China PCAOB audit: The Bad, The Good, and What to Actually Worry About
The PCAOB found issues, but those probably aren't the ones you should be worrying about.
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Fredrik Öqvist

April 2023

Early Winners of China's New AI Regulations
The new regulations on AI services are out for review. They seem pretty well-designed for China, but look burdensome, and will create winners and…
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Fredrik Öqvist
The Chinese Tech Innovation Sweeping Southeast Asia: VIEs
As tech companies in Southeast Asia seek to emulate the success of their northern counterparts they've started embracing VIEs to help expand in the…
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Fredrik Öqvist
Why Tencent’s Golden Share Arrangements Could Be Worse for Investors Than Alibaba’s
While Alibaba's golden share arrangement was relatively limited, the same is unlikely to be true for Tencent. The company's corporate structure is…
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Fredrik Öqvist

March 2023

August 2022

The China PCAOB Audits: Neither Dead nor Done
After a very long time it appears we finally have a deal between the PCAOB and the CSRC for audit inspections that would allow Chinese companies to stay…
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Fredrik Öqvist
Is your VIE structure HK compliant?
As the trickle of US-listed Chinese companies moving to HK becomes a steady stream some of them might have issues living up to HK guidance on the use of…
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Fredrik Öqvist
Time to prepare for a PCAOB no-deal
With the recent decision by numerous large Chinese SOEs to effectively end their time on the US markets, the writing seems to be on the wall for a deal…
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Fredrik Öqvist

September 2021

August 2021

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