{"id":159805,"date":"2026-11-05T10:23:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159805"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:23:53","slug":"china-blocks-softbanks-us5-4-billion-takeover-of-abbs-robotics-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159805","title":{"rendered":"China blocks SoftBank\u2019s US$5.4 billion takeover of ABB\u2019s robotics division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s state planner has told Japanese investor SoftBank it will not allow the US$5.4 billion acquisition \u200cof the robotics segment of engineering group ABB to go ahead, the Swiss firm said on Thursday.<br \/>\nThe case marks the second major deal blocked by China this year after Meta Platforms was ordered to unwind its US$2 billion-plus acquisition of artificial intelligence start-up Manus. The news comes as Beijing tightens scrutiny of foreign investment in domestic start-ups that are developing&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3373415\/china-blocks-softbanks-us54-billion-takeover-abbs-robotics-division\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s state planner has told Japanese investor SoftBank it will not allow the US$5.4 billion acquisition \u200cof the robotics segment of engineering group ABB&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159805"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}