Decorations on a Christmas tree are pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange during the coronavirus pandemic on December 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters Decorations on a Christmas tree are pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange during the coronavirus pandemic on December 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Decorations on a Christmas tree are pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange during the coronavirus pandemic on December 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters
China economy
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Chinese VIE companies: what lawyers and analysts say about ‘existential risk’ to global stock investors

  • China exercises great caution when opining on the validity of the VIE structure, given the scale and importance of such entities, law firm says
  • Beijing is likely to keep allowing the use of the VIE structure in general, while potentially restricting its use in certain limited sectors, brokerage says

Topic |   China economy
Yujing Liu
Yujing Liu

Updated: 4:33pm, 21 Dec, 2020

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Decorations on a Christmas tree are pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange during the coronavirus pandemic on December 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters Decorations on a Christmas tree are pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange during the coronavirus pandemic on December 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Decorations on a Christmas tree are pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange during the coronavirus pandemic on December 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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