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Less than meets the eye

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China will fully open its manufacturing sector to foreign investment.

Xi Jinping dropped the news on Wednesday at the Belt and Road Forum (BRF).

That sounds like a big deal.

Only, it isn't.

Per the foreign investment negative list, as of 2021, foreign investment in manufacturing was only restric...