Ford Motor Company sports car maker Aston Martin in 1989, later selling it on March 12, 2007, although retaining an 8% stake. Ford purchased Volvo Cars of Sweden in 1999, selling it to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in 2010. In November 2008, it reduced its 33.4% controlling interest in Mazda of Japan to a 13.4% non-controlling interest. On November 18, 2010, Ford reduced their stake further to just 3%, citing the reduction of ownership would allow greater flexibility to pursue growth in emerging markets. Ford and Mazda remain strategic partners through exchanges of technological information and joint ventures, including an American joint venture
2001 China Jia B League Match Fixing Jia B team Guangzhou Geely had name changes when naming-sponsors ended sponsorship. Li Shufu, chief of Geely Group, was quoted as saying, "We won't come back until Chinese soccer environment turns better." Unsatisfied with the punishment made by the CFA, Song Weiping, the president of Zhejiang Greetown, submitted a list of referees allegedly taking bribes to CFA, seeking to have names removed from future matches. Gong Jianping, the referee of the Changchun-Zhejiang match, was arrested for bribery charges unrelated to the final round, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. 2001 China Jia B League Match Fixing The 2001 China