China FDI trends point to world split by superpowers as Trump comes in

Economists see 'blocs' developing as Chinese money pours into emerging markets

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China has been pumping money into emerging markets, and experts believe the global economy will continue coalescing into two blocs over the next four years under U.S. President Donald Trump. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Akira Kodaka)

STELLA YIFAN XIE

HONG KONG -- Chinese and U.S. overseas investment is diverging further, increasing the likelihood that the global economy will divide into "two blocs" centered on the rival superpowers, economists say.

China's overseas investment was on track to hit an eight-year high last year, behind only the 2016 peak that marked the heyday of its foreign dealmaking, official data shows.

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