Implode-o-Meter News - Chinese Bid For Starwood Hotels & Resorts Rekindles Memories Of Japan's 1980s Merger Mania

As overall M&A slows from the near $4 trillion in deals cut last year, Chinese buying is heating up. Proposed takeovers are targeting businesses in the U.S ranging from General Electric's GE -0.26% appliances division to crane maker Terex Corporation, and Syngenta in Europe. Surely, more deals are to come.
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In the automotive sector, Chinese corporate buyers like Geely have succeeded with recognized overseas brands like Volvo. Buying chemicals concerns or heavy equipment manufacturers make sense given China's still growing industrial economy, as do resource oriented corporate and land acquisitions in agriculture and energy. E-commerce giant Alibaba has quietly snapped up minority stakes in numerous U.S. technology businesses like Lyft, Groupon and Zulily, seeking inroads in the U.S. market and staying afoot of consumer change.
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The question is whether this buying is strategic and will work in the long-run, or these proposed deals will flounder and quickly dissolve, similar to the Japanese deals of the 1980s?

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Chinese Bid For Starwood Hotels & Resorts Rekindles Memories Of Japan's 1980s Merger Mania