a part of that well and chinese business is no longer a one way street chinese manufacturers like gili going on the offensive more and more often the group already owns volvo is a major shareholder in dime low and owns half of its small subsidiary smart. i think the g. least they can influence will increase a timeline and it b.m.w. you have to see that b.m.w. is very strong with great wall the electric mini is produced in china in a joint venture with great will probably do even more there will have to see if these two companies will join forces the shanghai exhibition shows that the industry's on the cusp of a new era one that revolutionizes technologies and for just a lion says and china is increasingly setting the tone. and just updating our top stories for you one hundred ninety three million indonesians have voted in an election about the economy and chinese growth outdoes expectations as investors around the world churn out on business with you i've been fizzling i'll see you again very soon here on the w a y. come under the hammer. pricing. that's today's art. and it's good. but

bought their way into the german economy over the past few years the latest who is chinese car maker gili is purchase of nearly ten percent of dime or shares that's made chile the biggest single shareholder of its german competitor and in previous years chinese companies snapped up a number of prized german firms like concrete pump maker puts mr and industrial robot manufacture crewcut such transactions have triggered concerns among businesses the workforce and politicians in germany the main worry is that china is not only interested in the companies and shares but in buying up german technology and know how as well as influencing corporate strategy chinese direct investment in germany remained at a low level until twenty fifteen after that it shot up reaching more than twelve billion euros in twenty seventeen the last year did see a drop of twenty percent analysts say that's because chinese investors no longer have as much ready cash and because the german government has tightened restrictions on acquisitions by foreign companies. myers president of the kiel institute for the world econ