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Meituan, Uber & Lyft – Tale of two bloodbaths.

A clear warning sign for Lyft & Uber IPOs. When I backed Meituan at its IPO as one of the more sensible listings (see here), I underestimated the lengths to...

Sharing economy – The agony of history.

The cautionary tale of bike sharing. The cautionary tale of the bike sharing companies should give the scooter companies pause for thought as I suspect that exactly the same issues...

Didi – Unrealised dreams.

From revenue to cost. All is not well at Didi as a restructuring of the company is a sure sign that targets are not being met which is certain to...

Huawei – Rivers of blood pt. VI.

The main beneficiaries are Samsung and Ericsson. Just as Huawei is on the edge of casing Samsung real problems, it has a host of troubles that could completely destroy almost...

Sharing economy – China bloodbath.

Didi in pole position but should not rush to IPO. The Mobike brand is about to disappear in yet another sign that while the sharing economy offers great deals to...

ByteDance – Staying private

ByteDance signals the Chinese IPO window may be closing. On top of its star service being hit with draconian regulations (see here) which will damage long-term prospects, the Chinese economy...

Chinese Ecosystems – Ball and Chain

A losing strategy. More draconian regulations are falling upon the Chinese ecosystems that I think will kill innovation, raise costs and severely hamper China’s ambitions to lead the world in...

Xiaomi – Under the wire.

Xiaomi finally in range. The noise and bustle of CES have distracted many commentators from the dreadful performance at Xiaomi which is now starting to be properly priced into the...

Apple FQ1 19 – Much ado about nothing.

An echo of Nokia between 2003 and 2006. Apple has ensured an exciting start to the year with its first profit warning for more than 10 years that I think...

E-commerce – Chinese kingdom.

There is only one king of e-commerce. Amazon may have a higher market capitalisation than Alibaba but when it comes to the amount of business transacted, it is dwarfed into...