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A Chinese firm could buy Twitter in the coming wave of cross-border tech acquisitions

  • Written by Paul X. McCarthy, Adjunct Professor, UNSW Australia
imageAlibaba Founder and CEO, Jack Ma meeting with David Cameron the then UK Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street during his visit to London in October 2015. number10gov/flickr, CC BY-NC

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