Less than a fortnight ago Coca-Cola executives were cutting a ribbon on a new $90m innovation and technology centre in Shanghai, having just pledged to invest $2bn in China – more than last year's total capital spending – by 2012. Now, after a knockback from the ministry of commerce, the group's plans to acquire the country's largest juice-maker at a ridiculous premium lie in ribbons. So much for buttering up Beijing.
不到兩週前，可口可樂(Coca-Cola)高階主管們還在爲上海一座耗資9000萬美元的新的創新和技術中心剪綵，他們還承諾到2012年在中國投資20億美元，超出該公司去年的資本支出總額。如今，在遭到中國商務部回絕後，該集團以高得離譜的溢價收購中國最大果汁生產商的計劃破滅了。投北京所好看來並不管用。
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