Xi's US Visit Comes Amid Economic Slump, Record Chinese-US Investment

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first official visit to the United States later this month while the world focuses on concerns about his country's economic growth, but also at a time when Chinese investment in the U.S. has never been higher. Data from the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows investment by Chinese entities reached $9.5 billion last year, up from $3.3 billion in 2010 and just $385 million in 2002. A report from the New...

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