A U.S.-China Trade War Would Reshape Tech Investment

Chinese companies will be more likely to invest in emerging markets such as India and Southeast Asia, investor says

“Made in China 2025” is Beijing’s industrial plan to dominate high-tech industries including robotics, aerospace and computer chips. The Trump administration argues China is using the plan to give its tech companies unfair advantage over foreign rivals. But what is it exactly?

HONG KONG—Technology has emerged as the early battleground in the U.S.-China trade dispute, triggering predictions of significant changes in the global investment strategies of Chinese tech companies.

Chinese companies will be more likely to invest in emerging markets such as India and Southeast Asia, said Fan Bao, the chairman and chief executive of investment bank China Renaissance Partners.

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