Take the China Investment Corporation (CIC), China's sovereign-wealth fund, which was founded in 2007.

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China Investment Corporation and a number of global emerging funds took advantage of the IPO and are now among its shareholders.

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And now, a new Securities Exchange Commission filing by the China Investment Corporation indicates that the hunt is back on in earnest.

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In December China Investment Corporation, one of the country's many sovereign-wealth funds, acknowledged buying shares of Chinese banks on the open market.

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But while China Investment Corporation (CIC), China Development Bank and state-owned energy companies will continue to be big players, other enterprises will be making outward moves using diversified financing.

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But serious interest has now come from the Pacific: Diageo confirmed on Tuesday that the government-backed China Investment Corporation fund had taken a 1% stake, strengthening the ties between the drinksmaker and one of its most promising markets.

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Local governments will also borrow less and invest better than they did in the previous stimulus effort, argues Peng Wensheng of China International Capital Corporation, a Chinese investment bank.

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