Chinese Executives See US-China Rivalry as ‘Biggest Uncertainty’

  • Investors expressed measured optimism at a forum at Harvard
  • Harvard’s Allison shared good and bad news after trip to China

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Chinese business executives and investors are embracing a future fraught with geopolitical tensions and slowing economic growth, but also with opportunity emerging from the country’s burst real estate bubble.

That mix of anxiety and measured optimism was on display at a forum at Harvard University where business tycoons, entrepreneurs and venture capitalist mingled with scholars and students over the weekend.