Nongfu Spring founder casts spotlight on destructive price wars plaguing China
Billionaire Zhong Shanshan blamed low-cost e-commerce platform Pinduoduo, as well as short-video site Douyin, for the cutthroat competition Key Takeaways: Nongfu Spring has criticized China’s cutthroat price wars, even as…
Nongfu Spring lands in deep water as price war intensifies
The bottled water giant has waded through a series of online controversies this year, most recently a disputed report about chemical residue in one of its products Key Takeaways: Hong…
PODCAST: A China Bull Market, and Bottled Water Under Fire
After two years of suffering, Chinese stocks are showing some new signs of life. But is this fledgling bull market for real? And China's leading bottled water brand, Nongfu, has come under attack from nationalists for its red bottle caps said to look like the Japanese flag. How big a risk are such attacks, and is the problem worsening?
PODCAST: US Targets China EVs, and the Passing of a Beverage Tycoon
President Joe Biden has launched an investigation into whether Chinese new energy vehicles could pose a national security threat. And beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou is dead at the age of 79.
CHINA BULLETIN: Foreign Firms Put New Investments on Hold
In this week’s issue China NEVs hit U.S. speed bump, a beverage legend passes on and coffee is king among China investors. On a scale of 1 to 100, we…
