Philip Wen

Philip Wen

Philip Wen is the China correspondent for Fairfax Media.

If former Apple shareholder Carl Icahn is worried about China, should we be too?

Philip Wen Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has sold his entire stake in Apple on the back of concerns over China's economy and the risk of the country's influence on the stock.

Dairy

a2 poised to milk China despite crackdown

A2 says it has already established its credentials as a supplier in the Chinese market.

Philip Wen a2 Milk has brushed off concerns over tightening e-commerce regulations in China.

The bumpy road to China

Has China's trade to Australia taken a tumble?

Jared Lynch and Philip Wen The world's second-largest economy offers much opportunity for Australian businesses but it doesn't come easy.

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China should recognise Australian standards, says Blackmores boss

Blackmores' Christine Holgate wants harmonisation of health food products.

Jared Lynch and Philip Wen Blackmores boss says local quality standards should satisfy Chinese regulators.

China tightens infant formula regulations

Foreign companies selling baby formula online to the Chinese market will need a new product registration

Jared Lynch and Philip Wen Bellamy's Organic and Blackmores will have to apply for new product registration in China as the country toughens rules for foreign companies selling infant formula online.

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China could turn back Australian products, industry insiders fear

Jared Lynch, Philip Wen and Mark Hawthorne Ships carrying Australian products could be turned back at the Chinese border as confusion reigns over Beijing's clamp down on online sales.

China's policy honeymoon on foreign goods could be over

Friendly relations between Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have not stopped Chinese moves to inhibit e-commerce sales of Australian goods in China.

Philip Wen Beijing has signalled tougher requirements for foreign goods purchased over the internet in a move which could affect Australian food, dairy and healthcare brands.

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Panama Papers: further links to China exposed

The Panama Papers have thrown up more links to the powerful elite in China.

Philip Wen Fresh revelations from the cache of 11.5 million leaked Panama documents point to more links to senior Chinese political figures, including a relative of Chairman Mao.

Panama Papers jump Chinese language barrier, get suppressed by censors

Reports on wealth linked to Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing had already been published.

Philip Wen It has been dubbed the biggest data leak in history; but within the confines of China's increasingly walled-off internet, the Panama Papers have barely registered a ripple.

Investigation

Chief of Australian online firm Uglii resigns amid allegations of corporate misconduct

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is expanding its investigation into Uglii.

Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Philip Wen Chief executive of Australian Internet firm Uglii resigns as the corporate watchdog ramps up its investigation into allegations the firm engaged in serious corporate misconduct.

Food supply brings ChemChina to the table

The acquisition is aimed at boosting crop efficiency and productivity, with Syngenta a world leader in pesticides and yield-boosting genetically modified crops.

Philip Wen It would be the biggest Chinese takeover deal on record, and is unlikely to be the last with China seeking to shore up security of food supply for its population.

China cracks down on $10b Ezubao Ponzi scheme

Ding Ning, the owner of Ezubao, speaks during an interrogation in an unknown location in this undated image taken from a China Central Television (CCTV) video.

Philip Wen Chinese police have arrested 21 people connected with an online finance company accused of fleecing more than $10 billion from investors in one of the world's largest-ever Ponzi schemes.

Kidman sale imminent with Shanghai Pengxin Group in box seat

Australia's biggest cattle station is expected to be sold to Shanghai Pengxin Group.

Philip Wen and Jared Lynch The federal government is poised to wave through the high-profile sale of Australia's largest private landholding, S. Kidman & Co, after blocking the deal in November on national security grounds.

China attempts to walk the economic tightrope

Chinese President Xi Jinping has tried reassure investors that China's economic fundamentals are sound.

Philip Wen Managing slowing growth without overdoing stimulus is proving difficult.

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Chinese companies in trouble withhold wages and illuminate economic challenge

Philip Wen Worker outrage is a sign of softening in world's second largest economy.

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Away from bright city lights, cracks in Chinese economy show

Oone stall has a Uniqlo down jacket for just 100 yuan ($21.60), some five times below recommended retail. Upon closer inspection, though, it is a (fairly decent) knock-off.

Philip Wen The fear for Chinese leaders is that the rhetoric of doom and gloom becomes self-fulfilling, spooking consumers into spending less.

Casualties of China's slowing economy

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Philip Wen State owned Longmay mining group is announcing it will cut 100,000 jobs from it's coal mine in Hegang.

Coal mining town Hegang on its knees as China economy shifts

Miners arrive for their shifts in Hegang.

Philip Wen The gritty town of Hegang, in north-eastern Heilongjiang province, is a coal-mining community on its knees.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group buys South China Morning Post

Power grows ... Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma has pledged to uphold editorial independence at the South China Morning Post.

Philip Wen Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has acquired the South China Morning Post, a move which simultaneously signals its intention to expand its media influence beyond mainland China while sparking...

China mystery as Fosun's Guo Guangchang goes missing

Mr Guo is one of China's most recognisable investors at home and overseas with a fortune of $US7.8 billion.

Philip Wen The high-profile billionaire chairman of China's biggest private conglomerate, Fosun Group, has gone missing amid speculation he has been caught up in a deepening corruption probe targeting the...