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Use of golden shares expands

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Good heavens. 
On Thursday, Reuters reported that Beijing has expanded the use of the “golden share” scheme to include data-rich companies. 

This is a big ideal. 

What's a “golden share”? It’s a special type of stake used by Beijing to gain more oversight and control over tech ...