| 1 | China would never permit an American company to make the kind of strategic acquisition proposed by Anshan. Why should we? | |
| 2 | Step forward right away and ask what you can do to help ensure the merger's success. | |
| 3 | China would never permit an American company to make the kind of strategic acquisition proposed by Anshan. | |
| 4 | Firms grappling with falling output have also tended to make acquisitions at high prices, which can also erode shareholder value, analysts said. | |
| 5 | In practice, it is likely to extend the purview of the state into private business, not least mergers - while leaving established monopolies, often associated with the government, entrenched. |