China’s e-commerce and live-streaming booms are opportunities for private equity, Carlyle Group says

E-commerce and live-streaming are fuelling growth in Chinese consumer brands as well as for multinational retailers, and in turn creating opportunities for savvy investors to turn a profit. That is according to Carlyle Group executives Patrick Siewert and Nina Gong, who spoke with the South China Morning Post in an exclusive interview. Siewert and Gong explore how their investments in companies such as ByteDance, Golden Goose and McDonald’s are thriving as the Chinese mainland market emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic era.