FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

The past decade has witnessed an unprecedented and massive influx of Chinese investments and tourism into Cambodia. The capital inflow and rising visitor numbers have been both beneficial and disruptive for Cambodia's economic development and social cohesion. Chinese investments have impacted Cambodia's domestic politics and foreign policy in ways that have facilitated the country's drift toward autocratic rule. They also appear to be leading to far-reaching environmental and sociocultural changes. The experience offers valuable lessons for other countries in Southeast Asia, and highlights an urgent dilemma for the government and society alike. Relations between Cambodia and China gained momentum after...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019

Chinese investment in the U.S. plunged nearly 90 percent during President Trump's first two years in office as the world's two largest economies have waged an aggressive trade war. According to figures from the data research firm Rhodium Group, investment from China hit an all-time high of $46.5 billion in 2016. The following year that amount dropped to $29.7 billion before plummeting to a nine-year low of $5.4 billion in 2018. During that two-year period, investment declined 88 percent. Trump has imposed tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports as a way to exert pressure on the world's second-largest economy to change some of its business...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019

The Governor Alejandro Tello, Governor of Zacatecas Province,  and the Chinese SOE Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) signed a framework agreement, which indicates the process to build and promote the future Zacatecas Industrial Park (PIZ), which will have an initial investment of 104 MUSD . Gathered in the General Secretariat of Government, the Executive of Zacatecas and the Vice President of CGGC, Zhou Xing, signed this one-of-a-kind agreement, given that it is the first association that arises between a Chinese SOE and a Mexican State Government. The objective of the agreement is to specialize Zacatecas within the automotive, aerospace and mechanical...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019

The 21st century will most likely belong to China as the Chinese Century. But with a rapid increase in Chinese investment and African innovation, the 22nd century may see the dawn of the African Century. China’s investment in Africa will create an infrastructure for African culture and innovation to accelerate. Chinese investments and contracts in sub-Saharan Africa total $299 billion from 2005 to 2018, according to the China Investment Global Tracker, and in 2018, Chinese president Xi Jinping vowed to invest a further $60 billion into African nations. If the continent can successfully navigate the issues raised by Chinese neo-colonial ambitions—such as...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019

As more Chinese companies goes global, "quality" has replaced "cheap" as the new keyword for Chinese companies in the overseas market, according to a recent report released by global employment-oriented social networking platform Linkedin. The report is based on a survey of more than 600 marketing personnel from Chinese companies and 2,000 business-to-business (B2B) decision makers from 18 countries and regions. About 81 percent of the surveyed decision makers show interest in cooperating with Chinese companies, and 40 percent have experiences of working with Chinese companies. However, only 5 percent have established long-term partnership with Chinese companies. Vianne Cai, general...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019

Chinese financing in Latin America is changing. After becoming a major source of capital flows to Latin America and the Caribbean over the past 15 years, a more diverse range of investors has surfaced, interested in more than simply channeling resources towards infrastructure, governments and state companies. The profile of Chinese investment in the region tracks the evolution of China’s economy as it moves toward a higher reliance on services and domestic consumption.  Lending by the China Development Bank and China’s Eximbank was until recently directed mostly to infrastructure and the energy sector. In recent years, however, China’s development lending...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019

Chinese companies are accelerating investment in Vietnam – but some local businesses are voicing concerns. Foreign investment hit a four-year high of US$16.7 billion in the first five months of this year, up 69 per cent compared to the same period in 2018. Chinese investment made up 42.5 per cent of the total according to data released by the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. If including Taiwan’s investment, Chinese investors poured nearly $7.7 billion in Vietnam, surpassing South Korea, Singapore and Japan to become the biggest foreign investor. In its recent report, the FIA...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019

Fidu Properties has reaffirmed that Chinese investments in the UAE's real estate sector are set to surge in the coming months, and will grow over 70 per cent during 2019, reinforcing the growth potential on offer in the country. Chinese investments have gone up 64 per cent between 2016 and 2017, and this trend has continued in 2018 and the first quarter of 2019. Currently, Chinese investors are among the top four nationalities who have invested in Dubai, according to official statistics. Investors from China accounted for Dh1.7 billion worth of investments in Dubai in the first nine months of...

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT OUTBOUND INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS 2019