China Redirects Foreign Investment Away From West

In 2025, China’s announced foreign direct investment increasingly bypassed North America, with only 2.6% going to the region compared with 27% a decade earlier, Rhodium Group data shows. Chinese firms shifted capital into Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America—driven by $100 billion in greenfield projects and moves into data centers, materials, and consumer goods, amid U.S. export controls and political scrutiny.