China defies global AI scare trade as investors chase winners instead of fleeing disruption

While US markets dump software firms and wealth managers over AI disruption fears, Chinese investors are doing the opposite: chasing perceived AI winners drawn by growth prospects and cost-saving potential. The divergence highlights a split in global sentiment. US investors sell on concern that AI erodes established business models; Chinese investors buy on the belief that AI creates new ones.

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