China

What looks like a domestic triumph is also a win for America's primary industrial and geopolitical rival.

Taiwan's firms see high U.S. taxes as a major impediment to additional investment in America.

Hong Kong's Accounting and Financial Reporting Council said its review of PwC's local practice, which is separate from China's probe, is still "in progress."

China suspended the operations of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for six months and imposed a record penalty over lapses in its auditing of China Evergrande Group.

PricewaterhouseCoopers resigned as auditor for defaulted developer Country Garden Holdings, as both firms navigate challenges to keep operations afloat in China.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's China unit expects the Chinese government to hand down a six-month ban as part of punishment over its audit of failed property giant China Evergrande Group, according to a person familiar with the matter.

China Evergrande Group's liquidators have launched court proceedings against PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, another legal step to recover at least a fraction of creditors' investments from the property giant.

The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council is still carrying out a separate investigation into audits on China Evergrande Group.

The Ministry of Finance may announce the penalties on Big Four firm PwC as soon as this week.

China may suspend some of the global auditor's local operations over its role in one of the nation's biggest alleged financial fraud cases.

China Taiping Insurance Holdings, China Merchants Bank, China Railway Group, China Electronics Huada Technology and People's Insurance Company (Group) of China are among those that changed auditors.

The AFRC will investigate an anonymous report alleging deficiencies in the firm's quality management and the quality of its audits of the Chinese real estate giant.

PricewaterhouseCoopers said it will investigate an anonymous letter circulating on social media that made "false allegations" about the company and its partners over its role in auditing China Evergrande Group.

Chinese authorities are ramping up pressure on the global accounting giant that audited a slew of developers before the sector's meltdown.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board imposed a total of $150,000 in fines against three partners at KPMG's firm in mainland China for violating PCAOB standards and imposed sanctions on them.

The Chinese real estate company's revenue overstatement dwarfs that of Luckin Coffee Inc. and Enron Corp., dealing a blow to the reputation of its former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers and the country's financial oversight.

The proposal would eliminate so-called double taxation of Taiwanese workers and firms in America.

The deal saved hundreds of Chinese companies in the U.S. from being booted off American stock exchanges but has done little to revive the flow of initial public offerings.

LC Lawyers, the Hong Kong law firm member of the Big Four auditor's global network, will cease operations on Jan. 23.

The guidelines set a 25% ownership threshold for a company or group to be classified as a foreign entity of concern.