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Xi’s conditional love

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Xi Jinping’s visit to BASF’s joint venture (JV) in Hunan on Tuesday was a strong signal that foreign companies have a role to play in China's industrial upgrading push.
There are caveats, however.
First of all, it's no coincidence that Xi visited a JV.

The message is that foreign companies need to ...