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Political stability may also lure business people and investment, including ethnic Chinese entrepreneurs.
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China counts the tiny Caribbean bolthole of the British Virgin Islands as its biggest source of foreign investment (not including the Chinese territory of Hong Kong).
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Frequent stories appear on the Chinese investment reach around the globe, including increasingly the U.S. What I find further of interest is the outflow of Chinese themselves, either employed by Chinese businesses abroad or in pursuit of their own aims.
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The Smithfield deal including assumed debt would eclipse the Chinese purchase of a stake in a big U.S. investment firm as well.
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Other managers, including Robert Horrocks, chief investment officer at Matthews International Capital Management, are increasingly hunting for Chinese small caps, which have been harder hit than larger firms over the past two years as banks tightened their lending standards, but are expected to gain as financing opportunities improve, he says.
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While many have visited the sprawling Dragon Mart complex where low-cost Chinese goods are sold wholesale, an estimated 180, 000 Chinese people reside in the country, including senior figures for state-run banks who negotiate joint investment opportunities in Africa with Western companies.
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Also on the theme of efficient investment, Chinese car makers need to be more willing to collaborate with other companies, including their competitors.
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This is especially true of the overseas Chinese (including those in Hong Kong and Taiwan), who handle some 70% of foreign direct investment into China.
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