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This month, snack-maker Mondelez International made a 23 billion USD bid for chocolate company Hershey that would create the world’s largest candy maker. Update: Mondelez walked away from the deal on 30 August after Heshey rejected raised offer. Then Danone paid 10,4 billion USD for the takeover of US organic-foods producer WhiteWave Foods and two days ago Unilever acquired Dollar Shave Club for 1 billion USD …

Chinese companies realized a record of acquisitions abroad this year. In just the first 2 month of 2016, the chinese bought foreign companies in value of over 80 billion USD thereby clearly topping last year’s record figures. What’s behind this buying spree? For once, the declining opportunities at home have spurred chinese investors to look abroad. Big real estate purchases, …