- China - According to China's deputy minister for trade, Wang Chao, Chinese investment abroad more than doubled in the first half of 2008. This trend was strongly encouraged by the Chinese government. Published figures indicate that Chinese groups invested $25bn in external investment in the first half of this year (excluding the financial sector), more than that invested during the whole of 2007, which totalled €18.7bn in investment. Chinese investment abroad only grew by 6.3% last year....