Kenji Kawase
Stories by Kenji Kawase
Alibaba’s Sun Art supermarket drowns in red amid China’s weak consumer demand
Sun Art swung to a loss of $223m in FY24, slipping from a net profit in the previous year.
Chinese EV battery supplier Gotion High-tech takes $26.4m hit on VinFast share fall
The company was a cornerstone investor in VinFast's IPO last July.
China’s foreign auto joint ventures lose sheen under EV onslaught
Weaker earnings spotlight state players' overreliance on likes of Nissan, Honda.
Mainland China-listed companies heed government’s call to prop up stock market
Several Shanghai-listed companies are promising share buybacks.
Courier startup J&T Express closes flat in Hong Kong listing after $450m IPO
Tencent and Temasek subsidiary Dahlia were among the IPO's cornerstone investors.
Thai supermarket chain Big C expands into Hong Kong
Eyeing 'gateway' to mainland China as it seeks potential listing.
Chinese companies’ $1.4b in share buyback pledges fail to lift markets
Foreign investors have been unloading Chinese stocks due to concerns over property market turmoil.
Several Chinese companies cancel Swiss listing plans
Low trading volumes for Chinese companies in Switzerland prompt a rethink.
Dollar fundraising gets tougher for China-focused venture funds, warn VCs
Geopolitics, a subdued post-COVID recovery, and a weak IPO market is to blame.
SVB collapse hits Japanese banks harder than Chinese ones
Investors punish Asian lenders with big portfolios of interest rate-sensitive bonds
