China is pausing on U.S. deals, ex-Goldman rainmaker says

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"Chinese investors are hitting the pause button on U.S. and other outbound deals as they grapple with the ramifications of a Trump presidency and possible government curbs on overseas acquisitions, according to Fred Hu, a former Greater China chairman for Goldman Sachs."

Lucas Niewenhuis
Credit: Pedestrians walk past a Yum! Brands Inc. KFC restaurant in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. There are signs that both Yum! Brands Inc. and McDonald's Corp.'s absolute dominance of China's multi-billion dollar fast food industry they helped create is starting to slip away as consumers shift to healthier options and Chinese-style food chains -- from huoguo (hot pot) to tangbao (steamed dumplings) -- proliferate. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at The China Project. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing. Read more

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