Aggressive shopping for overseas assets pits Japan Inc vs China

Aggressive shopping for overseas assets pits Japan Inc vs China

A Benjamin Franklin U.S. 100-dollar banknote and a Chinese 100-yuan banknote depicting the late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, are seen in a picture illustration in Beijing

China‘s desire to upgrade its slowing economy through foreign acquisitions could put it on a collision course with Japanese companies, which are also aggressively shopping abroad to escape stagnation at home.

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