英文媒体关于中国的报道汇总 2025-12-10
December 12, 2025 3 min 521 words
新闻摘要: 这篇报道主要讲述了中国科技巨头腾讯公司(Tencent)退出派拉蒙(Paramount)收购华纳兄弟(Warner Bros)的竞标,以避免潜在的国家安全审查。派拉蒙向美国证券交易委员会(SEC)提交的修订文件显示,腾讯撤回了10亿美元的融资承诺。美国外国投资委员会(CFIUS)可能会对涉及外国公司的重大交易进行国家安全审查,而腾讯的参与引发了这一担忧。 评论: 这篇报道体现了西方媒体对于中国企业的负面刻板印象。首先,报道将腾讯描述为与中国军方有联系的公司,但腾讯一直否认这一点。这种未经证实的指控可能会损害公司的声誉。其次,报道暗示腾讯的参与会导致国家安全审查,而这可能只是美国政府加强对外资监管的常见程序。这种带有偏见的解读忽视了美国政府对所有外国投资的常规审查。此外,报道没有提到其他参与竞标的外国公司,例如提供240亿美元融资的沙特阿布扎比和卡塔尔主权财富基金,而只关注腾讯的退出,这显然有失偏颇。
- China’s Tencent quits Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros to avert national security questions
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1. China’s Tencent quits Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros to avert national security questions
中文标题:中国腾讯退出派拉蒙对华纳兄弟的收购,以避免国家安全问题
内容摘要:中国科技与社交媒体巨头腾讯已从派拉蒙对华纳兄弟发现公司的收购竞标中撤回,放弃了对该交易的10亿美元融资承诺。这一变化引发了关于外国资本参与的担忧,可能会受到美国外资投资委员会(CFIUS)的审查。虽然CFIUS的批准并不是收购的先决条件,但派拉蒙担心腾讯的参与会增加审查的风险。 派拉蒙最近提议以779亿美元收购华纳兄弟,正与竞争对手Netflix争夺。为了避免额外的审查,支持派拉蒙投标的沙特阿拉伯、阿布扎比和卡塔尔的主权财富基金已同意放弃对华纳兄弟管理的参与权。 腾讯是美国国防部列出的与中国军方有联系的众多中国公司之一,尽管腾讯否认上述指控。腾讯在游戏行业和娱乐资产方面拥有重要地位,是全球最大的在线游戏投资者之一。
China’s Tencent quits Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros to avert national security questions
https://apnews.com/article/china-paramount-warner-netflix-tencent-eb3b4b18e67438d7633e5c4a1ec227c12025-12-10T07:22:01Z
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings has withdrawn from Paramount Skydance Corp.‘s bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery, according to a revised filing of its takeover bid by Paramount with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The filing seen Wednesday shows the Chinese company dropped its $1 billion financing commitment for the takeover bid.
Paramount said the Chinese company’s participation in the bid had raised concern, since it would be a “non-U.S. equity financing source,” that its bid might be subject to a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, known as CFIUS. That was even though approval by CFIUS or by the Federal Communications Commission was not a condition of the bid.
The SEC filing, dated Monday, said that foreign sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, which are providing $24 billion for Paramount’s bid, had agreed to give up a right to participate in Warner Bros’ management to avoid the additional scrutiny.
On Monday, Paramount launched a hostile $77.9 billion takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, competing with rival bidder Netflix to buy the company behind HBO, CNN and a famed movie studio.
Big deals that involve foreign companies are sometimes subject to national security reviews by CFIUS, a U.S. government group chaired by the Treasury Secretary that studies mergers for national-security reasons. It has the power to force companies to change ownership structures or divest completely from the U.S.
Under former President Joe Biden as well as President Donald Trump, the Treasury Department has sought to strengthen its powers as national security concerns related to foreign investment have increased.
Tencent is among dozens of Chinese companies that the U.S. Defense Department has included in a list of companies it said have ties to China’s military. Tencent, whose shares are listed in Hong Kong, denies that.
Based in the southern technology and financial hub of Shenzhen, Tencent owns the League of Legends developer Riot Games and has ties with other big U.S. entertainment brands. It also has a streaming deal with the National Basketball Association.
It is the world’s largest equity investor in online games and a major entertainment and social media company, operating the WeChat messaging and payments service in popular China and with Chinese emigrants abroad. Tencent has a market capitalization of over $700 billion, according to Hong Kong’s stock exchange.
There was no immediate comment from Tencent.