But it was blocked by Chinese regulators, a decision seen at the time as unreasonable hostility to foreign takeovers in Beijing.

但中国监管机构阻止了这桩交易，当时这一决定被视为北京方面对外国并购交易的无理敌视。

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The voyages helped expand foreign interest in Chinese goods such as silk and porcelain.

这几次远航刺激了外国对中国货物如丝绸、瓷器等的兴趣。

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Currently, foreign investors have limited access to Chinese markets except through programs such as the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor, or QFII, program.

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Goldman's investment in ICBC, which was one of the first Chinese lenders to accept foreign investors as shareholders, has been lucrative.

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