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China orders cancellation of foreign acquisition of Manus project
China's foreign-investment security review office orders the parties to cancel a proposed foreign acquisition of the Manus project.
What happened
Event details
The National Development and Reform Commission says the acquisition is prohibited under China's foreign-investment security review and must be unwound. A weekly publication described it as Meta's acquisition of Manus, but the official notice says only “foreign acquisition of the Manus project,” so this edition preserves the regulator's narrower wording.
Assessment
Why it matters
The decision is a major use of China's foreign-investment security review against the acquisition of a globally visible AI agent project.
93/100Global significance score. Regional effects are recorded only when the evidence supports a meaningful difference.