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Why Foreign Investment Is Leaving China and What It Means

Foreign investors looking to invest in Chinese stocks have learned the hard way that Chinese stocks have been roughly flat for 20 years.
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Why Foreign Investment Is Leaving China and What It Means
Removed company signage (top L) in a general view of the unoccupied Evergrande Center building in Shanghai on July 27, 2022. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Christopher Balding
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Foreign investors are fleeing China. Portfolio investment that flows into traded stocks and bonds has turned negative, and so has foreign direct investment, which goes into building plants and businesses.

Christopher Balding
Christopher Balding
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Christopher Balding was a professor at the Fulbright University Vietnam and the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. He specializes in the Chinese economy, financial markets, and technology. A senior fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, he lived in China and Vietnam for more than a decade before relocating to the United States.
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