Chinese authorities questioned Bain & Company’s employees in Shanghai, the company said, less than a month after Chinese police detained staff and raided the office of another U.S. due diligence firm in Beijing.
A spokesperson of Bian told The Epoch Times on April 27 that “the Chinese authorities have questioned staff in our Shanghai office.”
“We are cooperating as appropriate with the Chinese authorities. At this time, we have no further comment,” the spokesperson said in an email statement.
The Financial Times, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on April 26 that Chinese police visited Bain’s Shanghai office two weeks ago and took away computers and phones. The authorities didn’t detain any staff, FT said, adding the purpose of the visit was unclear….