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SYDNEY, Sept 14 — Chinese investment in Australia almost halved in 2019, new data released today showed, as relations between the two countries deteriorated. Researchers from the Australian National University said Chinese investment Down Under plunged from A$4.8 billion (RM14.5 billion) to just...

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Professor Peter Drysdale, who led the data research, said the A$1.43 billion purchase of infant formula producer Bellamy's Australia by China's Mengniu Dairy accounted for more than half of that investment. “ the last few years, clearly Chinese investors have found the investment environment in Australia less certain and have been more cautious about undertaking investment in Australia,” he told AFP.

Drysdale said structural changes were also partly to blame, with Chinese investors retreating from mining and resources as the commodity boom weakened.

 

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