China’s $5b healthcare deal spree shows global ambitions

China’s $5b healthcare deal spree shows global ambitions

When a branch of the Chinese army set up a medicine factory in 1939, it was intended mainly to help in the fight against the Japanese. It would later be used by Communist fighters during China’s civil war before evolving into a state-owned drug company.

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