Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Wong MNC Center Executive Director, interviewed for South China Morning Post story on the China Investment Corporation

A story dated November 14, 2025, in the South China Morning Post on the China Investment Corporation (CIC) quotes Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, Founding Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations.  The piece on the CIC, China’s sovereign wealth fund, gives background on the fund, discusses some notable personnel changes at the fund, and investment strategies.  In the article, Dr. Blanchard comments on how frictions between Washington and Beijing might play out.  He remarked, “‘one area where the US could take action, or where tense US-China relations might affect things, is CIC’s investments in American hedge, private equity, and venture capital funds,’” adding that Sino-American frictions had made some “‘funds reluctant to accept ‘Chinese money.’”

The story entitled “Exclusive: China’s Sovereign Fund Sidelines Executives Amid Worries over US Scrutiny” (Frank Tang) is accessible through https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3332834/chinas-sovereign-fund-sidelines-executives-amid-worries-over-us-scrutiny.  Copyright remains with the original holder.