We tried Qu Xiaomian, the new noodle chain from the founder of Luckin. It looks to us like it’s just another noodle shop in a crowded market.
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INSIGHTS | Luckin—out of luck
The Olympics may have been delayed, but we saw a gold medal dive from Luckin Coffee’s shares. Its fraud is a cautionary tale—but about what?
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Luckin is being sued by Chinese investors under brand new law
Lawyer of these Luckin investors said it is the first time investors have tried to hold a company accountable in China for fraud perpetrated on US markets.
Posted inThe Numbers
Beware ‘high-tech China hustle’: experts
Information asymmetries between tech-focused Chinese companies and US investors makes it easy for dishonest managers to lie to investors.
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CHINA VOICES | China reflects on Luckin: ‘Expert research’ and the 2VC model
Luckin’s impending implosion has led to a lot of soul-searching with many questioning the environment that allowed Luckin to thrive.
Posted inThe Numbers
US-listed Chinese firms are on thin ice
After Luckin Coffee’s spectacular admission of fraud, more Chinese companies are finding themselves in the crosshairs of regulators and short sellers.
Posted inTurf Wars
How Luckin Coffee is reforming China’s coffee culture
A former tech executive who drinks three to five cups of coffee each day — perhaps at least two of them from Starbucks — Jenny Zhiya Qian must have asked herself: Why do people want coffees? People from Italy — where drinking coffee is considered a national lifestyle — might have a different answer from […]
