Investors wait for Taiwan to loosen that stranglehold

By Kathrin Hille, Andrew Hill and Paul Betts When Uni-President, Taiwan’s largest food conglomerate, said on Tuesday it would team up with private equity funds to invest in Chinese food and beverage companies, investors barely took note. After all, Uni-President is only investing Rmb245m ($36m). But the planned joint venture highlights a bigger problem facing Taiwanese companies, namely how to get round Taiwanese regulations that prohibit investment in China. You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the... [read full story]