PRC (China)'s Net FDI : 100 Billion Outbound

First time that's happened since modern data has been kept in 1990s

The 中美关系 Zhong-Mei guanxi headline of 2024 post-Republican electoral victory is that the People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) is now net $100B outbound.

That’s right, outbound.

That’s the first time this has happened since modern data has been recorded in the 1990s.

This is a strong position for the incoming Republican president , and it’s an opportunity to help lead other countries to disentangle themselves from the Communist/socialist regime’s tentacles. Such a movement requires cooperation, which in turn will require leadership, probably from the US.

These data come from about the 20 to 25 minute mark, between there somewhere in Stanford University’s (Hoover) China Considered podcast, 21 Nov 2024 (22 min in or so).