China's FDI to North America crashes; soars in Middle East, Africa, and Asia in raw materials scoop

China's outbound FDI is rising strongly across most of the world.

But its investments to North America and Europe are at their lowest point in years, despite giant trade surpluses in both regions.

Typically, countries recycle trade surplus back into the economies the surpluses were earned. But China is liquidating investment holdings in the United States and Europe, and instead investing in the natural resources economies of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and other BRICS nations.

Filming location, Yueyatan Park, Kunming, Yunnan
Closing scene, Jade Snow Mountain, above Lijiang, Yunnan

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