{
  "id": 9558996,
  "title": "China’s overseas investment hits record US$214 billion. Why are US-bound flows plunging?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/chinas-overseas-investment-hits-record-us-214-billion-why-are-us",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-24T12:30:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3368642/chinas-overseas-investment-hits-record-us214-billion-why-are-us-bound-flows-plunging"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China’s outbound direct investment reached a record high of US$214 billion last year, even as investment in the United States plunged to its lowest level in more than a decade amid growing geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty, latest official data showed. Outbound direct investment was up 11.1 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year, making China the world’s second-largest source of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}