Beijing Review

Bucking the Trend

tatistics from the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) show that from January to August, China’s actual foreign capital use totaled 619.78 billion yuan ($90.8 billion), up 2.6 percent compared to last year. Most striking is the figure for August, which stood at 84.13 billion yuan ($12.4 billion), growing 18.7 percent year on year. Amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that is ravaging the globe, many countries have seen a sharp

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