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Chinese offshore investment

Employees works at production line in San Jose Chilapa, Mexico. Photo: Reuters
China trade

Trump’s tariff plans turn Chinese investment in Mexico into a waiting game

US president-elect on Monday said his new administration would immediately impose a 25 per cent tariff on imports from Mexico.

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China trade

Brazilian envoy says Chinese new energy investments welcome

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China-EU relations

EU’s next top envoy says China must pay ‘higher cost’ for supporting Russia

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Great Wall Motors

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.

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

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

As Chinese companies avoid US-imposed tariffs, investment in Mexico has exploded – far more what official numbers show, researchers say.

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Belt and Road Initiative

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

Beijing urged to consider importance of international arbitration in resolving issues and protecting national interests in global markets.

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Indonesia

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
China's economic recovery

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

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

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
Malaysia

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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Forest City will launch a special financial zone in Johor with incentives to boost investment and economic growth, focusing on key export sectors. Photo: EPA-EFE
Brazil

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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China economy

‘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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China economy

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
China trade

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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Mexico’s ambassador to China, Jesús Seade, speaks at his embassy in Beijing on August 15. Photo: Simon Song
China economy

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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India

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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Indonesia

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)
Diplomacy

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.

Asean

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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Belt and Road Initiative

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

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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A train travels across the Mekong river on a bridge of the China-Laos Railway, which cost the landlocked country about US$6 billion. Photo: Xinhua
Malaysia

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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China trade

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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Malaysia

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

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.

Northern Minerals is developing the Browns Range heavy rare earths project in Western Australia, at a time when the sector has become increasingly strategic for its uses in green energy and defence. Photo: Northern Minerals/Handout
Nepal

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-Africa relations

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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Chinese offshore investment
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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