China Literature tumbles after announcing $2.3b New Classics deal

China Literature tumbles after announcing $2.3b New Classics deal

A welcome screen for the QQ Reading application, operated by China Literature Ltd., a unit of Tencent Holdings Ltd., is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPad Mini in an arranged photograph taken in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg

China Literature Ltd., the e-books business spun off by Tencent Holdings Ltd., tumbled the most since its initial public offering after agreeing to buy New Classics Media from its controlling shareholder for as much as 15.5 billion yuan ($2.3 billion).

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