Jun 17, 2024 links

Link: Chinese entrepreneurs bet on Japan

Previously, Chinese entrepreneurs sought to explore markets together with Japanese companies, but “recently, there has been a trend of viewing Japan as a market. This was not seen a decade ago,” Lei said. #

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