China wants to buy "FACEBOOK"Quote -
By Gordon G. Chang | Forbes – Sun, Jul 3, 2011 .. First paragraphOn Thursday, Business Insider reported that China is trying to buy “a huge chunk” of Facebook.According to the business news website, Beijing approached a fund that buys stock from former Facebook employees to see if it could assemble a stake large enough “to matter.”
Moreover, Citibank is rumored to be trying to acquire as much as $1.2 billion of stock for two sovereign wealth funds, one from the Middle East and the other Chinese.
Business Insider reports a third source, from a “very influential” Silicon Valley investment bank, confirms that Citi is representing China.
Should Beijing be allowed to buy a part of Mark Zuckerberg’s site? Business Insider tells us there is “little need” for concern about Chinese censors looking at the photos and postings of the 700 million people who trust Facebook with their personal online activity.
That, in my opinion, is not a good idea...
