The dealisthe latest in a series ofoverseasacquisitions by Chinesefirms, and comes as Beijingseeks to retool its heavy industry-dependenteconomy to one more driven by consumer demand.
"It's part of the problem of the entertainment and tourist industry that you are so dependent upon a buoyant economy, because one of the first things that people cut is their discretionary leisure spending."
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We cannot make the survival of our auto industrydependent on an unending flow of taxpayer dollars.
Second, as an industrydependent on the willingness of the public to pay to watch its employees work, baseball has an interest in ensuring that those employees do not alienate large numbers of potential customers.