Asia Daily Briefing - Chinese investment chill September 9, 2019

	China Inc.'s overseas  shopping spree fizzles  in first half of 2019 HONG KONG -- Overseas   acquisitions by Chinese  companies plunged in the first  half of 2019, pushed down  by tighter capital controls at  home and growing wariness of   Chinese takeovers abroad.
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