{"id":52077,"date":"2026-04-27T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/27\/china-blocks-metas-2bn-purchase-of-ai-group-manus-financial-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:33:00","slug":"china-blocks-metas-2bn-purchase-of-ai-group-manus-financial-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/27\/china-blocks-metas-2bn-purchase-of-ai-group-manus-financial-times\/","title":{"rendered":"China blocks Meta\u2019s $2bn purchase of AI group Manus &#8211; Financial Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOVDM0TFBsR2lTOURsaEhqLUFEQ0hySXJxS1psZm9PSmpPaEluSFhmaVdIeU40OHdMMUVGa3JKcVVGeXpVZzNtQWlhU2xMdFA3OC1iSTlfNjNUM1lDYXRfMEkxekZVbGp6VmJNaXZlMlhwXy1Pbi0teHZvcUt2VjdWN3lfTUg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">China blocks Meta\u2019s $2bn purchase of AI group Manus<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxPV2tNOUoxcFRleGEzeXlodnZWQXgtMU9TWk9nWUlERDB0emE4c1BTOFZmNjlrR2hQQkNla3llWTFXU0J1TW4xNGZpMFB6RlVUMlVuQWJLRFJmYzZxeHJQYzdBM0lvT0pkMTY5Ty1yNVI3NVFwUVQ4a2lRejg0V0xYbk9uZG1MQXVwZzIw0gGQAUFVX3lxTFBaMkdpQkdXUF96OW5iNjBDc21uZkVhNnBLM1ZmTmU2S2ZXQm5kYmVlWWhFQ0kxa3RlOUR0LTM3dmdYcHI0WTlIbjhxb0xTMXFuaTdJa01pYW9vTjdHN1dBS2pXMHYxSXoyaHN6WnNoTGQxcWxPRmloMUtCZTlTMmh3dHhTbThOX2hQLWt1Y01yeA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">China blocks Meta&#8217;s $2 billion takeover of AI startup Manus<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE44ekhITnFiYWV5amRSYmZxRGJNcDlfQ2taZV9hNFdaQ3FTVU4xMFZoakZWRzZRZXhwRUlDa01vcDA3S1lwN0lsazI0UTJ4emVSZHk5M2xNRnVEdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">China blocks Meta&#8217;s $2bn acquisition of AI start-up Manus<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE54bnJBN0hXSkl2LVdLc2ZkTU41NllEemNfNHdkSzlzaXZWS2ozUmVuaWZVN2dDbVBaTjJIYUpEYWRKNzdyS0NDWUFqckdHQnF0bG5aeUZoUFYzMkEwd2VoOHRkb1pNTzB4Q1RVOVVwTVQ0aERneEVDVThQV1NMQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">China Orders the Unwinding of Meta\u2019s Acquisition of an A.I. Start-Up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxPZV93RXB5djdPREZTZmMxUEswSW9aLTZzT3JkclYwOXlIc1NJdHFoZ1REcExsbTNkUWdQa0s5X2gtN1pyUHI0X3RoZmtiVV8yeENMZm9PcUMtNUx6NzJCYW1ZNHk5WDFWNFFZRW5GaXdTTFl6X1pmalpRVjNXWGRpb1hXMDJzVlI4MjFpOFN0eVB4dTh0OUZHRUVEekJKWUxhc3F2S0xIZjhnc0FMamtxQkdwT25iRWtTbDl3LXdEd3RRSDFjdjFtbkgydHMwSnFuVXJvWktn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Meta\u2019s $2 billion acquisition gets blocked by China. What the deal was all about in the first place.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MarketWatch<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China blocks Meta\u2019s $2bn purchase of AI group Manus&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times China blocks Meta&#8217;s $2 billion takeover of AI startup Manus&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC China blocks Meta&#8217;s $2bn acquisition&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/27\/china-blocks-metas-2bn-purchase-of-ai-group-manus-financial-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}