Chinese whispers

So, I have done some digging into Kleinman's tale from last week about China Media Capital backing  Stephen Ross's takeover of Formula One. If you missed that story, here it is:

http://news.sky.com/story/1570686/chinese-eye-biggest-f1-stake-in-8-5bn-bid

Trains, football clubs and Chinese billionaires

It appears Chinese property giant Dalian Wanda has put its plans to purchase a Premier League football club on hold.

The Financial Times is reporting that Dalian Wanda, controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, is set to pay EURO 40m to EURO 45m for a 20pc stake in Spanish champions Atletico Madrid. Here is a link to the Financial Times article:

Chinese interest in Premier League continues...

DJI Holdings, the Aim-listed Chinese lottery operator that I mentioned last week on Tip TV, has just announced it has signed a partnership contract with Manchester City Football Club. Here is a link:

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2015/January/DJI-holdings-announcement

I suspect this will be just the first of many interesting developments at DJI Holdings this year.

Chinese said to be circling Premier League - again - Part 3

I see Dalian Wanda, the multi-billion dollar Chinese conglomerate, is still getting a lot of attention in the British newspaper business pages - this time for getting into pig farming and pork production. Here is a link to a Financial Times piece on the topic: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a3571d66-7a26-11e4-8958-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3KpuRbCmr

It won't be long before Wang Jianlin - the billionaire who controls Dalian Wanda - adds a European football club, possibly one from the Premier League, to Dalian Wanda's eclectic portfolio of businesses.

Chinese said to be circling Premier League - again - part 2

I see most of today's broadsheet newspaper business sections have given Dalian Wanda's interest in buying a stake in Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, the US studio behind "The Hunger Games", a lot of space and attention.

The other asset Dalian, led by Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, is interested in buying is a European football club, possibly one in the British Premier League. Here is a link my previous article on the topic: http://betaville123.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/chinese-said-to-be-circling-premier.html

Chinese said to be circling Premier League - again..

It's unusually quiet in the UK corporate dealmaking scene so I thought I would take a look at a story in another sector I have a profound interest in: Premier League football.

I picked up a snippet doing the rounds last week that Dalian Wanda, the Chinese real estate company controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, may have rekindled its interest in buying a Premier League football club.