BEIJING AP – Coca-Cola’s friendly $2.5 billion bid to buy China’s biggest juice maker is emerging as a test of whether Beijing will allow foreign companies to buy homegrown businesses – or force entrepreneurs to serve its vision of creating national economic champions.

Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd., little known outside China but with an estimated 42 percent of its pure juice market, could become a victim of its own success if Beijing deems it too big and famous to fall into foreign hands.