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China’s policy swings raise risks for investors in AI-driven growth

CNBC notes that Beijing’s past measures, including a yuan devaluation in 2015 and later crackdowns, have often looked abrupt to outsiders.

CNBC highlights how China’s push for AI-linked growth is paired with what it describes as an “old investor risk,” namely the potential for policy moves that can appear sudden or hard to anticipate.

The outlet points to examples stretching back to 2015, when China carried out a surprise yuan devaluation, and to later years marked by crackdowns that followed shifting policy priorities.

According to CNBC, this pattern matters for investors because it can change expectations and operating conditions even when longer-term themes like AI remain in focus.

CNBC’s newsletter frames these abrupt policy shifts as a recurring issue that international investors may need to factor into how they assess risk in China.

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