Primary Taiwanese news agency Central News Agency (CNA) recently reported that, official Taiwanese government statistics show that Taiwan’s investment in China continues to shrink, with direct investment in China to decrease by 59 percent year-over-year by 2025. And approved investment from mainland China in Taiwan decreased by 65.4 percent year-over-year.
The official report points out that China’s economy grew by five percent last year, but the growth momentum was significantly divergent, with the housing market downturn worsening, foreign direct investment (FDI) continuing to slow, and the shadow of deflation lingering.
The report also indicated that the surge in social protests in mainland China in the second half of 2025 is attributed primarily to slowing economic growth, increasing youth unemployment, insufficient funds for maintaining stability due to local government financial difficulties, and the potential threat to grassroots governance stability from the return and stranding of large numbers of unemployed migrant workers to their hometowns.
Source: CNA, February 11, 2026
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/acn/202602110334.aspx