Doug Young: Chinese tech giants knock on Europe’s gates

From Reuters:

The Chinese are coming.

More than 20 years after China reopened to the world for business, the world’s most populous nation has stepped onto the world’s high-tech stage with a string of recent acquisitions and moves into Western Europe and North America.

The multibillion-dollar global expansion marks a coming of age for a new generation of Chinese companies that have outgrown their home market and are taking their first baby steps onto the world stage.