If you want to understand how China is changing the world economy with international acquisitions mushrooming wherever you look, you might choose to look at chemicals, or engineering, or smart phones and e-commerce, or wind and solar power, but to be different, lets look at football.
After all, in the lull between Portugal spluttering to victory in the Euro football championship, and Brazils scramble to organise the Rio Olympics on time for teams to arrive on August 5, sport is naturally on the mind. And apart from determination to win as many Olympic medals as possible (China will be sending the largest team to the Rio Olympics, no doubt determined to better the 100-medal tally they won in the 2008 Olympics at home in Beijing…
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