PwC looks for way forward in increasingly difficult China terrain
The Big Four accounting firm was hit with a record fine for its auditing work of Evergrande, whose failure cost investors billions of dollars Key Takeaways: China levied a record…
BRIEF: Country Garden’s sales plunge 57%, auditor resigns
Country Garden Holdings (2007.HK) disclosed on Thursday that its monthly contracted sales for August declined 57% year-on-year to 3.43 billion yuan ($483 million), with a gross floor area of about…
PODCAST: A Microchip Mega-Fund, and an Accounting Crisis
China has set up a $50 billion fund to support its microchip sector. Will the big bucks be enough to overcome U.S. sanctions? And a growing number of Chinese companies dump PwC as their auditor. Is the flight related to PwC's role as auditor for insolvent developer Evergrande?
CHINA BULLETIN: Manufacturing Déjà Vu
In this week’s issue European gloom, a new chip fund and foreign law firms flee Shanghai. On a scale of 1 to 100, we give the week a 45 for…
U.S.-China stock cooperation moves ahead with fines on two PwC China affiliates
The U.S. securities regulator’s accounting arm fined PwC’s Hong Kong and Shanghai units $7 million after hundreds of their workers cheated on online training tests Key Takeaways: The accounting arm…
U.S. gives failing marks to independent auditors of New York-listed Chinese companies
The accounting arm of the U.S. securities regulator found major problems with work done by two independent auditors for seven of eight Chinese companies it inspected Key Takeaways: The accounting…