China\'s Silk Road Fund Denies It Has Been in Talks With Japan Display

China’s Silk Road Fund Denies It Has Been in Talks With Japan Display

Japanese company has been looking for a bailout because Apple’s iPhone lineup has shifted away from liquid-crystal displays

TOKYO—China’s state-owned Silk Road Fund denied a series of recent reports including by The Wall Street Journal that it has been in talks with struggling smartphone-screen panel maker Japan Display Inc. over a potential investment.

“Our company has never been in contact with JDI company,” a representative of the fund said in an email to the Journal.

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