A Chinese state-controlled technology group has terminated a $3.8bn plan to become the largest shareholder in data storage group Western Digital, after the investment was flagged for an investigation by US authorities.中国政府有限公司的一家高科技集团中止了沦为美国数据存储集团——西部数据(Western Digital)仅次于股东的38亿美元投资计划。此前美国当局说明要调查这笔投资。Yesterday a unit of Tsinghua Unigroup, China’s most ambitious overseas acquirer in the chipmaking sector, said it would abandon a deal agreed last September that would have seen it acquire a stake of about 15 per cent.清华紫光(Tsinghua Unigroup)是中国在芯片生产领域境外并购最雄心勃勃的集团。

昨天，该集团的一个部门回应，将退出去年9月达成协议的一宗交易，按照协议该集团原本会并购大约15%的股份。Shares in Western Digital had slumped more than 6 per cent by late yesterday morning, to $42.93. The California-based company said the deal with Tsinghua had fallen apart after a decision by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (Cfius) to investigate the transaction.昨天相似中午时分，西部数据股价下降逾6%，至每股42.93美元。这家总部坐落于加利福尼亚州的企业回应，在美国外国投资委员会(CFIUS)要求调查该交易之后，与清华紫光达成协议的交易已裂痕。

The move comes at a time when Chinese companies are striking large overseas deals at the fastest pace in history, even as concerns remain about their ability to close the transactions.这种局面经常出现之际，中国企业于是以以史上最慢节奏在境外发动大规模并购——尽管有关它们能否已完成交易的忧虑挥之不去。Shares in Western Digital have fallen sharply in the past year. This has affected both the value of its $19bn cash and stock acquisition of SanDisk, a flash-memory disk maker, as well as the premium of the investment from Unisplendour, the Tsinghua subsidiary.过去一年里西部数据的股价急遽下降。这不仅影响了该集团以现金和股票形式对闪存盘制造商晟碟(SanDisk)的190亿美元并购的价值，也影响了清华紫光子公司紫光控股(Unisplendour)对其投资的溢价。

The deal would have seen Tsinghua given the right to nominate one person to the board of Western Digital. Neither company would incur a termination fee, Western Digital said.按照协议，清华紫光原本能通过该交易取得在西部数据董事会奖提名一位董事的权利。西部数据回应，双方皆需要缴纳解约金。One Washington-based lawyer said it was odd for Tsinghua to walk away from the deal as the government had only said it would investigate the investment, not that it would block the deal.一位派驻华盛顿的律师回应，由于美国政府只是回应不会调查（而不是打压）这一交易，清华紫光解散该交易有点怪异。

“All that happened here was that Cfius said it was a covered transaction and that they would look into it,” he said. “The Chinese were getting a board seat and a joint venture was being formed, so of course they would review it.”他说道：“CFIUS只是回应该交易归属于其调查范围，他们不会对其开展调查，这就是事情的全部。中国人将取得一个董事会席位，双方将正式成立一家合资企业。出于这个原因，他们当然不会审查这一交易。”The collapse marks the second time this year such a transaction has collapsed due to scrutiny by Cfius, the US body which reviews foreign investments for national security concerns.这一交易的裂痕是今年第二宗因CFIUS审查而裂痕的交易。

CFIUS就是指国家安全性角度对外来投资积极开展审查的美国机构。

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