(Bloomberg Opinion) — China has a standard road map for fixing state-owned giants that have gone off the rails: Create an even more inflated behemoth through a mega-merger, in the hope that the stronger business will be able to prop up the weaker one until the storm blows over.It’s a playbook that’s been followed in steel, shipping, energy and rolling stock — but in the chemicals industry, it’s not working. The country is planning to abandon the long-mooted merger of chemicals giants Sinochem Group Co. and China National Chemical Corp., or ChemChina, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing people close …read more
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