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US business optimism in China sinks to record low

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AmCham Shanghai’s latest survey of US businesses in China – conducted across May and June and published Wednesday – makes for grim reading.
The headline: Only 41% of 254 companies surveyed voiced optimism about their five-year outlook in China.

That’s less than half the 2021 level – and the lo...