Evergrande audit critic GMT says China research trips now too risky

Analysts feel 'like frogs being boiled' as state secrets and other laws sow doubt

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A woman walks past an Evergrande development in Beijing in September 2023. © Reuters

ECHO WONG, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- GMT Research, the accounting research firm that took on PwC over its auditing of embattled developer China Evergrande Group, says it will no longer do on-the-ground investigations in mainland China, as a new state secrets law has sown uncertainty.

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