Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, is being bought by Shuanghui. The price: almost $5 billion. If approved, it will be the largest takeover of an American company by a Chinese buyer.
This is the latest in a string of American companies being purchased by China.
So why this company -- and why now?
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