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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Feb 03rd 2016
Project A: AVIC Aviation Engine Corp
China has one of the largest commercial aviation markets in the world, but has struggled for more than half a century to build an airplane manufacturing industry. Chinese companies are starting to produce airframes for commercial jets but remain unable to develop a commercial jet engine, a more complicated technological and cultural challenge. China’s state-run jet engine company, AVIC Aviation Engine Corp (“AAEC”), resulted from two ineffective...
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Feb 03rd 2016
Short Report: More Recalls At Great Wall Motor
China’s leading maker of SUVs is recalling the entire production run since 2013 of a hatchback model because of defective power steering.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Feb 02nd 2016
New Oriental Education: Facing The Test
New Oriental Education and Technology Group (“New Oriental”) is China’s best-known tutoring company in a nation of compulsive students. It maintains a strong market position but its revenue sources are changing fast. New Oriental made its name helping older students prepare for overseas university entrance exams, yet such enrollment is in decline. Instead, half of New Oriental’s revenue now comes from students in kindergarten through 12th grade...
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Jan 29th 2016
Short Report: Ali Health Faces Regulatory Threat
China’s food and drug watchdog is reportedly forcing an Alibaba Group Holding subsidiary, online drug seller Ali Health, to discontinue its most lucrative business line.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Jan 18th 2016
Short Report: Ctrip Practices Draw Consumer Ire
A series of complaints about the service of China’s leading online travel agency highlights problems with the company’s use of third-party agents.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Jan 13th 2016
Project A: Tasly Pharmaceutical Group
Tasly Pharmaceutical Group (“Tasly”) is one of China’s biggest makers of traditional Chinese medicine (“TCM”). Company founder Yan Xijun and his wife were pioneers in modernizing the TCM industry, and have arranged for their son Yan Kaijing to take over the firm. A large percentage of Tasly’s revenue comes from a single traditional remedy, called iCP, that aids blood circulation. Although Tasly seems able to protect iCP’s domestic market share,...
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Jan 12th 2016
Short Report: Top Phone Maker Drops Qihoo App
China’s second-biggest mobile phone brand has stopped distributing apps made by Qihoo 360 Technology (“Qihoo”). Mobile-phone giant Xiaomi Technology (“Xiaomi”) says Qihoo has tricked users into installing malware that replaces Xiaomi’s operating system with one made by Qihoo. Beijing-based Qihoo offers free anti-virus software and generates money through advertising and games. It has long been accused of underhanded practices and malware...
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Jan 01st 2016
Profile: Kingsoft
HK:3888—Thanks to Amazon, the US cloud-services industry is finally profitable. The company’s cloud unit, Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), contributed more than half of Amazon’s operating profit in late 2015. Who might become the AWS of China? One commonly mentioned candidate is Kingsoft Cloud, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Kingsoft. This report examines Kingsoft Cloud’s role within Kingsoft and within the constellation of firms owned by Kingsoft...
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Dec 18th 2015
Short Report: Accusation: Vipshop Sells Fake Booze
Dozens of consumers say a leading ecommerce website sold them discounted bottles of knockoff liquor.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Dec 16th 2015
Short Report: Fosun—In Search Of Facts
The disappearance of Fosun International’s chairman is without question terrible for the company; worth monitoring is whether the chairman will travel overseas “very soon,” as the company’s acting chairman says he will.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Dec 10th 2015
Short Report: Fosun Chairman Taken By Police
The website of a respected Chinese business magazine confirms that the chairman of investment firm Fosun International has disappeared; widespread rumors say he was removed from an airplane by police.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Dec 01st 2015
Project A: Foshan Haitian Flavouring And Food
Haitian Food
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Dec 01st 2015
Project A: Zhengzhou Yutong Bus
Zhengzhou Yutong Bus
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Nov 30th 2015
Short Report: Floor Falls At Beijing Capital Land Property
Shoddy construction threatens the reputation of one of China’s best-known real estate developers.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Nov 30th 2015
Short Report: BYD Complained Of Auto Flaws
Car owners have complained of auto transmission problems by BYD.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Nov 27th 2015
Short Report: China Southern Accused Of Callousness
A passenger generates national sympathy in accusing China Southern Airlines of inadequately responding to a medical emergency.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Nov 23rd 2015
Short Report: Gome Stores Fined For False Ads
China’s leading home appliance retailer is fined for false advertising at its stores.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Nov 12th 2015
Short Report: JD Shuts Down Marketplace For Small Sellers
E-commerce giant JD.com is closing its online marketplace, Paipai, in an acknowledgement that it cannot compete with its archrival service, Taobao.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Nov 04th 2015
Short Report: JD Complains About Alibaba, Others
E-commerce giant JD.com appears insecure as it complains to Chinese regulators about unfair business practices at Alibaba and about subsidies offered to local e-commerce companies.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Nov 01st 2015
Project A: China International Travel Service
China International Travel Service
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 29th 2015
Short Report: Baidu Mobile Apps Face Security Risks
China’s top online security monitoring website has announced huge security risks on Baidu’s mobile apps – tens of millions of users could be vulnerable to attack.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 28th 2015
Short Report: Citic And Citadel Deeper In The Doghouse
Chinese authorities have detained another senior executive of the country’s top brokerage as a legal net seems to tighten around US-based investment giant Citadel.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 26th 2015
Short Report: Corruption At State-run Parent Companies
China’s corruption watchdog has uncovered financial wrongdoing at several state-owned companies with overseas-listed subsidiaries. Its investigations provide a window into wrongdoing at state-owned firms, though CCDI generally intends to punish companies without harming their long-term performance.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 20th 2015
Short Report: Large-scale data breach at NetEase
China’s top online security monitoring company has discovered a large-scale data breach affecting close to 500m users of the country’s largest email service provider.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 14th 2015
Short Report: Soufun sales agents write fake orders
Soufun is struggling with its new business model after discovering that more than a thousand salespeople engineered fake transactions to earn illicit commissions.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 13th 2015
Short Report: JD Accused Of Bribing Government Officials
China’s best-known consumer-rights activist accuses an e-commerce giant of covering up consumer complaints by bribing low-level government officials.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 02nd 2015
Project A: Neusoft
Neusoft is a state-run technology company that is China’s largest IT services provider. But its main business has been hit by increased competition, commoditization and shrinking margins. As a result, the company has launched several initiatives in the healthcare sector, aiming to build on its existing medical devices business.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Oct 01st 2015
Profile: Vipshop Holdings
Vipshop has become the go-to online discount store for brands seeking to dump excess inventory. But the firm is now transitioning away from its initial business model, as it it increasingly also sells non-discounted, in-season clothing. So far, Vipshop’s shift does not appear to have alienated its mainly young and female customer base.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Sep 30th 2015
Short Report: Huishan Hullaballoo Appears Over
Government regulators who said they had detected poison in the milk of a major Chinese dairy producer now says the milk is fine.
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Fathom China
Fathom China Team
Sep 29th 2015
Short Report: CIFI Accused Of Shoddy Work
A top property developer faces complaints of shoddy construction and false advertising at a high-end apartment complex.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Sep 25th 2015
Short Report: Poison Detected In Huishan Dairy Milk
Health officials in northern China have discovered a poisonous chemical related to cyanide in milk products made by a leading Chinese dairy; product sales appear to have been suspended.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Sep 23rd 2015
Short Report: China Coal Energy Veteran Chairman Departs
The veteran chairman of China’s second-biggest coal company has been reassigned by his Communist Party masters amid rising losses, highlighting the risk of sudden leadership changes at state-run companies.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Sep 21st 2015
Short Report: Tencent’s Financial Services Stumble
China’s social-media and gaming Internet giant has in rapid succession lost two senior executives in charge of financial services.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Sep 17th 2015
Short Report: Rumor: China Merchants Land Arrest
Widespread online rumors say Chinese authorities have detained the chairman of China Merchants Land for corruption.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Sep 02nd 2015
Project A: Shuanghui Investment and Development
Shuanghui is the biggest pork producer in a nation of pork lovers. It is a subsidiary of WH Group, which also owns American pork giant Smithfield Foods. The pork industry is modernizing fast, with backyard pig farmers going out of business, and Shuanghui is well-positioned to remain China’s leading pork producer.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Sep 01st 2015
Profile: Alibaba Health Information Technology
Ali Health, one of several offspring of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, plans to sell drugs online and provide cloud-based services for hospitals and patients. But because China’s health care system is dominated by powerful hospitals and overseen by weak regulators, Ali Health’s grand plans to take health care online have limited prospects.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Aug 23rd 2015
Short Report: Alibaba Pictures Struggles After Arrest
Alibaba Group Holding has missed a key deadline for an entertainment service following the arrest of a senior executive at its entertainment subsidiary.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Aug 17th 2015
Short Report: Safety Hazards At Vanke Homes
A leading real estate developer stands accused putting more than 3,000 households at risk by cutting corners on safety exits.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Aug 17th 2015
Short Report: Ctrip Accused Of Breaching Anti-trust Laws
Travel search engine Qunar accuses the country’s largest online travel booking site of anti-monopoly violations, and subsequent tit-for-tat shows cutthroat competition in China’s online travel industry.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Aug 11th 2015
Short Report: Internet Celebrity Attacks Jumei
A well-known Internet commentator accuses China’s biggest online cosmetics seller of knowingly selling fake products under the leadership of its narcissistic chairman.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jul 31st 2015
Short Report: Retention Questions At China Mobile
China’s largest mobile network operator plans to cut executive pay, with senior-level departures expected to follow.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jul 31st 2015
Short Report: Power Struggle At Changhong Goes Public
A senior Communist Party official at a state-run TV maker publicly accuses his company’s chairman of causing US$150m in losses through abuse of power.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jul 21st 2015
Short Report: Supplier Complains Of Suning Practices
A consumer electronics brand compares Suning unfavorably to other Chinese online retailers.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jul 16th 2015
Short Report: Criticism Of JD Goes Viral
A celebrity writer in China launches a viral criticism campaign against the country’s second largest e-commerce site after receiving a box of rotten fruit.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jul 08th 2015
Short Report: Vipshop Accused Of Price Fraud
China’s largest flash-sale website stands accused of false discounts.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jul 02nd 2015
Project A: Huayu Automotive Systems
Huayu Automotive is a leading state-run maker of auto parts, a holding company formed to execute a policy to consolidate the domestic industry. It has expanded rapidly through acquisitions, often by buying the China assets of foreign companies, and by setting up joint ventures. It remains closely entagled with its controlling shareholder, SAIC.
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Fathom China
Jul 01st 2015
Profile: JD.com
JD.com is the biggest challenger to China’s undisputed heavyweight ecommerce champion, Alibaba Group. JD.com is a retailer rather than a platform for third-party sellers. This business model means JD.com is saddled with higher logistics costs, but also earns loyalty from customers who like its quick service and quality assurance.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jun 30th 2015
Short Report: Obscene Content At Cheetah
China’s Internet watchdog trips up Cheetah Mobile for obscene pop-ups on its anti-virus products.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jun 25th 2015
Short Report: JD Fined For Price Gouging
Beijing’s price watchdog fines China’s biggest direct-sales e-commerce company for price gouging.
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Fathom China
Matthew Forney
Jun 23rd 2015
Short Report: Vanke Accused Of Shoddy Work
China’s largest property developer faces complaints of moldy floors and cracked pipes at a high-profile Shanghai apartment complex.
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