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Great Wall Motors is China’s largest manufacturer of SUVs and pickup trucks. Photo: via Weibo

China’s Great Wall Motors to open factory in Brazil in May: report

GWM will focus on producing the Haval H6, a hybrid sports SUV that has been approved to benefit from a Brazilian tax incentive programme.

China’s US$13 billion Mexico investment may dwarf official figures: researchers

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As Chinese firms expand overseas, spotlight turns on cross-border disputes

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Indonesia bags first foreign investment for Nusantara from Chinese developer

Analysts say ‘relatively small’ investment may be new strategy to secure more modest funding, attract expansion opportunities across Indonesia.

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Garuda Palace, the future Presidential Palace, and ministerial offices under construction in the new capital city of Nusantara, in August. Photo: Reuters

How China’s diversifying overseas investment has opened doors into Global South

Chinese firms are seizing opportunities in less-developed countries to sell goods, avoid tariffs and insulate themselves against an economic slowdown back home.

Malaysia dangles tax breaks to lure Asia’s rich to revive China-led Forest City

Malaysia is offering zero per cent tax to attract wealthy Asians into setting up family offices in the troubled Chinese-led mega project.

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Malaysia set to launch Forest City Financial Zone, but will it lure businesses?

Industry insiders say the government must go beyond tax incentives to attract the firms needed to revive the troubled US$100 billion project.

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A welcome sign stands at a roundabout in front of residential apartments in Chinese developer Country Garden’s Forest City in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Photo: EPA-EFE

Can special financial zone for China-backed Forest City boost Johor’s economy?

The special financial zone in Johor will offer incentives to boost investment and economic growth, focusing on key export sectors.

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Chinese investment in Brazil’s EV and electricity sector soars, says report

All Chinese projects in the Brazilian automotive industry are aimed at manufacturing electrified vehicles.

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‘Used to be really friendly’: Chinese retailers face resentment in Mexico

Chinese merchants in Mexico, initially welcomed with open arms, are now contending with resentment and occasional hostility from locals.

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Will Thailand’s new PM seek Chinese funding for land bridge? Definitely, maybe

With a new Thai leader in place, analysts speculate over whether she will ask for China’s aid in a massive land bridge project that would serve both countries’ interests.

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Thailand’s new prime minister may seek Chinese funding for the country’s enormous land bridge project, according to some analysts. Photo: EPA-EFE

Exclusive | Mexican envoy to ‘good friend’ China talks trade and ‘bad news’ beef with US

Ambassador Jesús Seade says US is top business partner, but pushes back against Washington’s attempt to call the shots on dealings with China.

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Chinese retail investors, eager for returns, looked overseas – then came Monday

Chinese investors, frustrated with low returns in the domestic market, opted to move capital into overseas funds and cryptocurrencies – a potentially grievous error in the context of Monday’s global nosedive.

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Opinion | India cannot afford to lose plot while chasing Chinese investment

Chinese investment in India’s economy would be helpful, but the economic logic behind India’s pursuit must be refined and made more coherent.

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The coastal road project in Mumbai, India, is one of many undertaken in recent years to improve India’s infrastructure. India must invest time, money and effort in structural and institutional reforms. Photo: AP

Is Indonesia limiting Chinese nickel investments to gain US trade benefits?

The government denies placing restrictions even as it seeks to meet US tax credit rules that penalise Chinese-sourced batteries and EVs.

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A worker in a protective suit pokes a metal rod to tap slag from a smelting furnace at PT Vale Indonesia’s nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Photo: (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Afghan copper mine holds promise for Taliban, tempered expectations for China

As work begins on a long-delayed, multibillion-dollar project, Chinese officials remain cautious, while economic hopes rise in war-torn country.

The View | Chinese investment won’t cure the cancer plaguing Malaysia’s economy

Malaysia’s woes stem from corruption and weak governance, linked to race-based privileges. Outsiders are not in a position to remedy this.

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In global survey, people say China exerts economic influence on their country

Residents of higher-income nations view this impact more negatively than those in middle-income countries, Pew survey finds.

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A billboard in Islamabad welcomes Chinese officials to 10th anniversary celebrations of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in 2023. The CPEC is a vast infrastructure development project that is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Photo: EPA-EFE

Laos is drowning in debt. China says it’s ‘doing its best’ to help

The tiny Southeast Asian nation’s massive debt burden amounts to 108 per cent of its gross domestic product.

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Forest City, Malaysia’s China-backed US$100 billion ghost town, now Netflix set

Planned as a US$100 billion mega-complex, Forest City, Malaysia’s China-backed ghost city, is now serving as a set for a handful of reality shows and documentaries.

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Japan has important lesson for globalising Chinese firms: what not to do

With more Chinese companies moving their operations overseas, a marketing specialist has advised them to take a lesson from their Japanese peers in how not to handle their global expansions.

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As Chinese businesses move overseas, an academic has suggested they look to Japan as an example of what not to do. Photo: Reuters

Exclusive | As China ties deepen, Malaysia’s Anwar says geopolitics is no zero-sum game

In an exclusive interview, Malaysia’s PM talks territorial disputes, navigating US-China tensions and hopes for a Chinese economic rebound.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is interviewed at his office in Putrajaya by the South China Morning Post. Photo: Hadi Azmi

Australia orders Chinese investors to sell stakes in rare earths miner

A disposal order issued by Australia’s treasurer gave the Singapore-registered investment vehicle of Wu Yuxiao 60 days to sell 80 million shares in Northern Minerals. Ximei Liu and Xi Wang were issued similar orders.

China helps Nepal look for oil, vying with India for influence

Observers say if Beijing-funded oil and gas search is successful, it could help Kathmandu strike better balance in ties with neighbouring giants China and India.

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China should look to Africa to counter overcapacity claims, AFC chief says

Samaila Zubairu, head of the development bank, says China should not see the continent as just the source of raw materials.

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Samaila Zubairu, chief executive of the Africa Finance Corporation, says Africa is “open and ready to do business with anybody that wants to do business”. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s Indonesian railway is winning fans, but will debt hold back gravy train?

A Chinese high-speed railway line in Indonesia has been open for six months – and is popular enough that new trips have been added – but high debt levels are raising questions about its long-term utility.

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The first six months of Indonesia’s China-built high-speed railway have seen popularity and expansion, but the long-term viability of the project is still not clear. Photo: Xinhua

Pakistan wants to speed up China-linked project amid fears over fatal attacks

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar is on a visit to China where he is expected to push for progress in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

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China and Hungary hail ‘all-weather’ partnership as Xi visits Budapest

New designation of relationship brings diplomatic ties to highest level, underscored by 17 agreements signed between the two sides.

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Chinese offshore investment
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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