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China Could Be Another Hurdle In MS Yahoo Bid

Posted by kdawson on from the another-lot-to-pay dept.

wattrlz points out a NYTimes piece on the clout China could soon wield on antitrust matters and the impact it could have on Microsoft's Yahoo bid. A new Chinese anti-monopoly law takes effect in August that will extend the nation's economic influence far beyond its borders. Nathan Bush, an antitrust law specialist in Beijing, said the law represents the ascendance of China "as another regulatory capital contending for influence with Brussels and Washington." The article makes it clear that no one knows how China will play its burgeoning antitrust influence — conciliatory or nationalistic.

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  1. I should pass a law that says.... by 3seas · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....anyone who attampts to swindle me gets fined, payable to me, 10 x the amount they were attempting.
    but if they succeed and I catch them, they get fined 100 x the amount.

    Which country am I?

    1. Re:I should pass a law that says.... by Daimanta · · Score: 2, Funny

      Zimbabwe. By the time you catch somebody, money is worth 10 to 100 times less.

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      Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power lost.
  2. Unsure? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    no one knows how China will play its burgeoning antitrust influence I'd say we nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.