Vipshop Holdings Ltd ADR

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Tiger Global increased its stake in Vipshop Holdings (VIPS) which now accounts for 4.54% of the fund’s 1Q14 portfolio.

China’s manufacturing sector has been plagued by weak demand, rising labor costs, overcapacity in industries, and tighter resource and environmental constraints.

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According to a Bloomberg report in March, Vipshop’s Guangzhou-based share price doubled this year after surging 369% in 2013. This was the biggest advance on the Bloomberg China-U.S. Equity Index.

In its latest amended filing to SEC, JAT Capital revealed it has an activist stake equal to 9.36% of the company’s shares outstanding. It upped its stake to 5.96 million shares, pushing the company’s management harder to consider strategic alternatives.

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The Caixin China General Services Business Activity Index indicated that service activity expanded at a slower pace in May 2016, coming in at 51.2.

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China’s official manufacturing PMI reading for April was 50.1, down from 50.2 in March. This index focuses mainly on large Chinese companies.

China’s official manufacturing PMI reading for March was up, coming in at 50.2 compared to 49.0 in February, after consecutive eight months of decline.

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China’s official manufacturing PMI (or purchasing managers’ index) reading for February came in at 49.0.

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