Finance Mandarin
Case Studies

Pet products brand Chowsing completed a B++ round of financing of more than 200 million yuan, and the old shareholder, Hony Capital, oversubscribed.

In this topic, you will learn:
- How much has Chowsing raised in Series B
- What is the business model
- How to pitch its annual sales
- Development of China's pet products marketmore ...

As of July 20, 2021, China Evergrande's stocks drop 14% to four-year lows, following news of an asset freeze.

The drop has wiped off about 37 billion Hong Kong dollars ($4 billion) from China Evergrande’s shares since Friday, leaving it with a market value of about 93 billion Hong Kong dollars (nearly $12 billion), according to Wind Information.

What caused the plunge of Evergrande's shares?

Learn this case study and you will be able to:
✅Understand the reasons for the decline of Evergrande's share price
✅Identify the China regulators and policy
✅Explain the bond and capital markets in Mandarin

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China's two Internet giants Alibaba and Tencent may "reconcile in the century": Alibaba and Tencent consider opening their ecosystems to each other.

In this topic, you will learn:
- What are the initial measures Alibaba and Tencent may have
- What competition is there between Ali and Tencent
- Why do the benefits of the two parties' reconciliation outweigh the disadvantages
- What is the major driving force for the new ecology of Internet companies
- What are the benefits to the market and consumersmore ...

Kai-Fu Lee 李开复 (December 3, 1961) is a Taiwanese-born American computer scientist, businessman, and writer. He is currently based in Beijing, China. He has his book《AI 2041》, with science fiction novelist Qiufan Chen as the co-author, to be published on September 14, 2021.

In this topic, you will learn to introduce this book:
- Question the pros and cons brought by AI
- What are the benefits and risks and who is causing them?
- What are Lee and Chen expecting after 20 years?more ...

Ximalaya, a Chinese podcast startup, which has an open prospectus on April 30, 2021, has recently suspended its listing in the United States, and it is estimated to be listed in Hong Kong by the market.

In this topic, you will learn to:
- Compare regulatory risks between audio and short video platforms
- Understand Hellobike, PaaS provider Qiniu Cloud and Soul's listing progress
- Pitch the reasons why companies are now waiting and watching for listing in the United States without making decisionsmore ...

58 Daojia renamed to Swan Daojia and went public in the United States. Swan Daojia provides online information and access to high-quality offline services such as cleaning, moving, babysitting, and beauty care.

In this topic, you will learn to:
- Introduce the three lead underwriters
- Pitch the total transaction volume, number of customers and platform services providers
- Present the business model for Swan Daojia
- Describe its performance in 2020
- Analyse the risks between Swan Daojia and 58.commore ...