Robert Ashworth - The Wire China

Robert Ashworth specialises in all forms of mergers and acquisitions and private equity work, and has a particular reputation in tech, where he advises Apple, Uber and the CK Hutchison Group.

He also represents global financial institutions such as Prudential, SunLife and ScotiaBank. Robert Ashworth also advised PayPal on its acquisition of GoPay, which made PayPal the first foreign payments platform licensed to provide online payment services in China.

Contact: robert.ashworth@freshfields.com

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Broken Promises

In 2021, after four decades of exponential growth in China’s economy, Xi Jinping revived the party slogan “common prosperity” in order to address the country’s glaring inequality. The policy priority was suddenly everywhere: in speeches, in newspapers and in schools. But now, three years later, it has all but disappeared from public discourse even as the country’s economic inequality festers. What happened?

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