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China to inject $9.7bn into troubled Anbang

SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Anbang Insurance Group said Wednesday that China’s government will inject 60.8 billion yuan ($9.7 billion) into the troubled conglomerate, whose rapid acquisition binge triggered a takeover by regulators worried about the firm’s solvency. China’s insurance regulator announced an unprecedented commandeering of Anbang in February, and a Shanghai court last week accused former chairman Wu Xiaohui of defrauding the company of more than $10 billion. No verdict has been announced yet. The government’s swoop […]