Beijing Is Desperate for Foreign Money

After years of making heavy demands on foreign investors and business interests, Beijing has awakened to its need for them and so is changing its tune.

8/11/2025|Updated: 8/11/2025

Commentary

Beijing has learned one thing during the past couple of years, even before President Donald Trump’s election: China’s economy urgently needs foreign investment money and foreign business interests.

Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”