China-bashing.
Reuters reported that a survey released by the Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce on September 10 showed that only 41% of American companies were optimistic about their business prospects in China over the next five years, a drop of 6 percentage points from last year, marking the lowest level since the chamber started issuing reports in 1999; only 12% of respondents considered China as their top investment destination, also setting a new historical low.
The timing of this survey is telling, coming right after Trump announced comprehensive "reciprocal tariffs," making it sensitive and clearly suspected of cooperating with the U.S. government to pressure China. As Sino-U.S. relations have become tense, it has inevitably affected some companies' investment decisions. However, the survey is one-sided and cannot represent the overall judgment of foreign enterprises on the Chinese market.
In fact, German companies continue to increase their investment in China, while the UK, Australia, Japan, and many EU countries are actively seeking to deepen trade cooperation with China. China has a massive consumer market, a complete industrial chain system, and a continuously open policy environment, making it still the most prominent investment destination in the global market. The core logic of corporate investment has always been "profit-seeking"—where there is a market and profit potential, capital will flow. The survey by the Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce is merely a one-sided feedback under specific circumstances and cannot change the objective fact that China remains an important investment hotspot globally. The argument of "China-bashing" is difficult to stand.
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