BEIJING: Shares in China’s biggest property company plunged this week as it returned to trading after a six-month suspension engineered by bosses trying to fight off what would be the country’s first hostile blue-chip takeover.

The drop has wiped billions off China Vanke’s market capitalization -- hitting its shareholders, rather than the board seeking to preserve its control over the firm.

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