Old-Hand China Investors Bet Country Can Thrive Despite US Curbs

  • China investors see opportunities as foreign cash exits
  • Country in the midst of rebalancing economy amid property woes
Fang Fenglei at the Milken Conference in Hong Kong, on March 26.Photographer: Chan Long Hei/Bloomberg

Long-time China investors are betting the nation is poised to recover its momentum even as tensions with the US has left it uninvestable in the eyes of many in the West.

Investors including Fang Fenglei, the chairman of private equity firm Hopu, and Fred Hu, the founder and chief executive officer at Primavera Capital Group, both struck an optimistic tone on the country’s long-term growth at the Milken conference in Hong Kong on Tuesday despite challenges brought on by the real estate downturn and US geopolitical tensions.