EDM 1 – Issue 308

Vanke set for hostile takeover tussle

Plus: Shanghai ditches circuit breakers after market rout; more declines for the yuan against the dollar, despite calls to focus on new currency index; and after Huawei ships 100m smartphones in 2015, why are they selling better than Lenovo’s?

Also: China risk expert explains why this could be the year that Xi goes after Shanghai Gang; Boyuan fights delisting with mega Christmas gift; and how a rare gangster movie is proving a box office hit