China’s External Investments
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This chart shows China’s overweight or underweight observed external investment position since 2000 in a given sector relative to that sector’s share of world market capitalization. A positive number indicates that China is overweight in a given sector; a negative number indicates that China is underweight. As the chart below shows, China is most overweight in materials and energy. This reflects a desire for stable economic growth, which, in the Chinese government’s view, requires a secure source of inputs. As other sectors in China develop, along with the managerial skills required to integrate international acquisitions, China’s aggregate portfolio allocation will likely even out.
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