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...In the frenetic era before Chinese president Xi Jinping cracked down on the country’s internet groups, Missfresh’s chief executive Xu Zheng was always able to find another backer....
...Additional reporting by Nian Liu in Beijing...
...Additional reporting by Xinning Liu, Nian Liu and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing...
...Additional reporting by Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu in Beijing...
...“I would be satisfied if founder Xu Zheng could share just one square metre of his mansion with me.”...
...Additional reporting by Nian Liu, Xinning Liu and Ryan McMorrow in Beijing...
...But at the end of the third quarter, Yu’e Bao’s assets under management had fallen to Rmb765bn, or about half of its peak in 2018. Additional reporting by Nian Liu in Beijing...
...Additional reporting by Nian Liu and Sherry Fei Ju in Beijing...
...Jordan Schneider on the excellent ChinaTalk podcast has a fascinating chat with Yan Zheng at In-Q-Tel, which invests in start-ups for the CIA and the rest of the US intelligence community....
...Ant now offers competing funds in the Yu’E Bao slot and Ms Qu said most users have little idea which firm is actually managing their money....
...Additional reporting by Nian Liu, Sun Yu and Tom Mitchell...
...Additional reporting by Nian Liu in Beijing and Wang Xueqiao in Shanghai. This article was amended to correct Robin Li’s name...
...Nian Liu contributed reporting from Beijing This article has been amended since publication to clarify that Pinduoduo has not made a quarterly operating profit....
...Additional reporting by Louise Lucas in Hong Kong and Nian Liu in Beijing...
...“The cash cow is not growing, the ones that are growing are not making a lot of money, and some parts are only burning money,” said Martin Bao of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, who estimates non-GAAP...
...She was released after being detained for several hours, according to a tweet from her husband, Bao Longjun....
...Additional reporting by Nian Liu in Beijing and Tim Bradshaw in London...
...“Baidu and Google mainly provide solutions and software, but after all, they need to rely on a fleet, which is exactly the advantage Didi already has,” said Ron Zheng, partner at consultancy Roland Berger...
...Until the Communist party decided to try Ms Gu’s murder case in the capital of Anhui province, the city was better known for Bao Zheng who, legend says, helped people defend their rights against corrupt...
...Mr Rogers’ empathy endeared him to the sometimes distraught shareholders who had – in their remarks to the court – urged him to emulate Bao Zheng, a celebrated Song dynasty judge whose reputed fearlessness...
...Zheng Cao’s umber mezzo-soprano infused Ruth with touching vulnerability, spun out in threads of sound. Nian Liang’s charismatic mezzo rose with wonderful defiance to LuLing’s “mad scene”....
...Lihui, Zheng Lihui,Shining at the Olympics....
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