Chinawhys

ChinaWhys was a Shanghai-based risk management and corporate investigation consultancy founded in 2003 by Peter Humphrey and Yu Yingzeng. The firm specialized in due diligence, fraud investigation, and compliance services for multinational corporations operating in China, frequently serving the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. It gained international prominence during the 2013 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) bribery scandal, having been hired by GSK to investigate a whistleblower. The firm's operations effectively ended following the arrest and subsequent conviction of its founders by Chinese authorities for illegally obtaining private information. Its history remains a significant case study in the complexities of corporate compliance and investigative work within the Chinese regulatory environment.