Top of the Morning: Seek opportunities in China
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Dan Cassidy welcomes Xingchen Yu, Emerging Markets Strategist Americas, for a timely update on China. Xingchen discusses CIO’s latest upgrades to China tech and offshore Chinese equities, the macro outlook and consumption trends, and the strategic priority of tech self-sufficienc
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