Japan Inc went on a global buying binge 20 years ago, snatching up vanity assets such as the Rockefeller Centre and the Pebble Beach golf course before beating a hasty retreat.

日本公司在20年前大掀收购热潮，在攫取洛克菲勒中心和圆石滩高尔夫球场这些浮华资产后功成身退。

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Pebble Beach Golf Links is one of the seven well-known courses and probably the most famous course in the Western United States.

卵石滩高尔夫球环节，是一个最知名的七个课程，大概是最有名的，当然在西部美国。

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At that time, the Japanese's purchase of "Pebble Beach" Golf Course in California and Rockefeller Center in NY stirred up American's unrest-they feared that Japan would rule the world.

当时，日本甚至买下了加州卵石滩高尔夫球场和纽约洛克菲勒中心。这引起了美国人对日本将统治世界的不安。

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Mr. Zhang said he is aware of how Japanese firms lost large sums on high-profile foreign investments such as Rockefeller Center and Pebble Beach Golf Course in the late 1980s and notes that the failures had to do the volatility of the yen and Japan's monetary policy.

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When you go to a caddie friendly course like Pinehurst Number Two, Pebble Beach Golf Links, or Bandon Dunes, the caddie gives you course advice, yardages, and help reading putts.

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