Greater China update: A tale of two markets

For all Asia’s transformations over recent decades, few places have changed as profoundly as Taiwan. When the FSSA team started investing there in the early 1990s, the island had already started to transition from agricultural exports towards electronics manufacturing.

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For all Asia’s transformations over recent decades, few places have changed as profoundly as Taiwan. When the FSSA team started investing there in the early 1990s, the island had already started to transition from agricultural exports towards electronics manufacturing.
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For centuries, Chinese ingenuity reshaped the world. Inventions such as paper, gunpowder, silk, porcelain and the magnetic compass transformed global trade, science and culture. Today, that spirit of innovation is evident in China’s rapid progress in next-generation technologies, from autonomous vehicles to renewable energy and artificial intelligence (AI).
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Investors started to turn more positive towards China after the government stepped up support for the economy last September. Domestic developments in artificial intelligence (AI) had also helped to boost market sentiment. But in recent weeks, global markets – including China equities – have been upended with chaotic announcements from the US about trade tariffs on goods imports from around the globe.
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News about US reciprocal tariffs have rocked global markets, as President Trump announced sweeping import taxes that were far higher and affected a much broader swathe of countries than expected.
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