Singapore Enables China Shedding For AI Startups

In December 2025 Meta acquired Manus, a Chinese-born AI firm that had redomiciled to Singapore, for US$2 billion, prompting Beijing to open a regulatory investigation. The deal exemplifies a growing "China-shedding" trend as startups relocate headquarters to Singapore to access Western capital amid US–China regulatory constraints and stark valuation gaps, testing the strategy's sustainability.
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