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Coke's China deal faces new headwinds

GEOFFREY YORK

From Friday's Globe and Mail

BEIJING — With a tide of economic nationalism rising, Beijing is promising to review Coca-Cola Co.'s attempted $2.4-billion takeover of a Chinese juice manufacturer, casting a shadow over a deal that would be the biggest-ever foreign corporate acquisition in China. There is mounting opposition to the takeover bid among the Chinese public, the Chinese media and domestic industry.

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