In the first nine trading days of 2023, foreign investors bought a net 64 billion yuan ($9.5 billion) of Chinese stocks via the trading link between the mainland and Hong Kong. (Source photo by Getty Images)

Foreign investors rush back to Chinese stocks despite worries

After recent gains, market no longer seems 'uninvestable'

ECHO WONG and KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei staff writers

January 16, 2023 06:48 JST

HONG KONG -- Foreign investors have stepped up their purchases of Chinese stocks in 2023 as a weekslong share-market rally in the world's second-largest economy forces fund managers to retreat from bearish positions.