万花筒 2009-03-27&03-28 拒绝可口可乐无碍中国对外

China says companies looking to invest overseas will not face a backlash from foreign countries after Beijing rejected the bid from Coca-Cola.

The world’s largest soft drinks maker¹ Coca-Cola offered to buy china’s top juice maker, HuiYuan. The rejection² of Coke’s bid comes at a time when Chinese companies are ramping³ up their foreign acquisition plans, especially in the commodities sector⁴. China’s Commerce Ministry⁵ rejected the Coke-HuiYuan deal under a new anti-monopoly law, the ruling on grounds that the combined concentration of the two companies will have hurt the competition in the juice business.

At the same time, China’s biggest overseas investment ever, state-owned Chinalco’s planned 20 billion dollar tie-up with miner Rio Tinto is under review by the Australian government. Political opposition⁶ to the deal has been mounting in Australia, with the country’s Foreign Investment Review Board set to announce its conclusions on June 15th.

China said lengthy⁷ review was to be expected, asking rhetorically— for such a big M&A deal, does a delay of 90 days mean anything important?

Kitty Bu reporting for Reuters, in Beijing

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

3 ramping   

土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯

参考例句：

• The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。
• Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。