Taipei-based journalist | views my own etc | français, 中文, italiano | he/ him 🏳️‍🌈| seth.ofarrell@gmail.com

Taipei, Taiwan
Joined May 2019
#Chinese outbound FDI is at a record high so far in 2023, as #greenfield investments outstrip M&A investments. “Chinese outbound FDI has entered a new phase,” says Luisa Kinzius, director at @sinolytics. Full story here! fdiintelligence.com/content/…
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Let’s all go doping in the dead of night on Hampstead Heath
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Why are #China exports so strong (up 14.8% yoy in March): apparently China’s re-opening is a bit like the start of spring. It’s springing alright but doesn’t mean it has staying power @Macquarie
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And here's a lil snapshot to chart the rise of mega projects into #US -- acc to @fDiIntelligence data (Jan-Nov) fdiintelligence.com/content/…
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(2/2) Those screws already be tightening --@fDiIntelligence data, naturally
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#Egypt to be second biggest producer of green hydrogen acc to @RystadEnergy The host of #Cop27 has attracted over $100bn of investments but one analyst says its “ambitions are running well ahead of reality” @fDiIntelligence #FDI fdiintelligence.com/content/…
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#FDI into #China hits another record low, acc to @fDiIntelligence data. Western investors hang back while the country suffers low PMI readings and “the largest quarterly outflows on record” for portfolio investments in 1Q22 - says the @IIF fdiintelligence.com/content/…
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⁦@fDiIntelligence⁩ is in town for ⁦@MIPIMWorld⁩ We’re excited to meet investors and representatives from towns and cities across Europe If you #Cannes, please get in touch! ⁦@AlexIrwinHunt⁩ ⁦@jDettoni⁩
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Watch @EconomicsAlex and I discuss @fDiIntelligence’s latest cover story on #China’s foreign investment problem: less is more? With the number of greenfield projects at a record low in 2020, China is betting on specific sectors for #FDI youtu.be/jaGDYkk1nSY
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(2/3) As the Chinese economy rebalances from an export-driven model to one of domestic demand, foreign services firms are not picking up the slack from manufacturing FDI, data from @fDiIntelligence finds
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🚨Hot off the press 🚨 (1/3) @fDiIntelligence’s Feb/March cover story on #China’s slowing greenfield investments! From “factory of the world” to a investment landscape of wary foreign firms “caught in the middle” Read more here ➡️ fdiintelligence.com/article/…
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(1/2) @fDiIntelligence’s October/November issue is out featuring a cover on “Doing green right” ahead of @COP26! It looks at what the #energy transition means for local communities, starting from the island of Samsø. How do we take everyone with us? #FDI #ClimateCrisis
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