“The structural trend for China tech remains intact,” said Edward Lim, chief investment officer at Covenant Capital Pte. in Singapore. The sector trades on lower valuations and with higher growth prospects than the U.S. and it faces lesser regulatory risk from its own authorities, he added.
Chinese internet stocks will keep outperforming their U.S. counterparts in the months ahead as regulatory challenges to America’s technology giants mount in Washington and Brussels, according to some investors.
Their reasoning includes expectations that weakening the U.S. megacaps will help bolster the relative attractiveness of Chinese technology companies, which are continuing to invest in areas of growth. Meantime, the growing uncertainty over prospects for the U.S. sector could send buyers to their cheaper Chinese peers which are still being championed by the government in Beijing.
