{"id":16248,"date":"2026-02-24T21:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-investors-shrug-off-ai-fears-after-citrini-report-sparks-us-sell-off\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:28:56","slug":"chinese-investors-shrug-off-ai-fears-after-citrini-report-sparks-us-sell-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-investors-shrug-off-ai-fears-after-citrini-report-sparks-us-sell-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese investors shrug off AI fears after Citrini report sparks US sell-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/02\/24\/2d64ad45-73d1-44e9-94c1-033a694dd36d_af391089.jpg?itok=Ar-95918&amp;v=1771928576\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese analysts and investors have expressed scepticism about a viral report by a small US research outfit that triggered a major sell-off on Wall Street, saying China could be largely immune to major artificial intelligence disruption, given the low level of digital penetration in the country&rsquo;s traditional institutions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Citrini Research&rsquo;s report, published on Sunday, included references to the impact of China&rsquo;s AI advances. The translated version of the report was widely circulated in Chinese investor communities.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Titled &ldquo;The 2028 Global Intelligence Crisis&rdquo;, the report forecasts a world in June 2028 reeling from mass unemployment and economic recession due to AI, though the firm noted that this was not a &ldquo;prediction&rdquo; but rather a &ldquo;scenario&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;Hopefully, reading this leaves you more prepared for potential left tail risks as AI makes the economy increasingly weird,&rdquo; it said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Xiao Lei, Hong Kong-based head of research and chief economist at Kasikornbank, said the US sell-off reflected the &ldquo;extreme fragility&rdquo; of US investor sentiment that was looking for any reason to sell in the face of AI disruption.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;If you see a strong man suddenly break down in tears in a restaurant because there&rsquo;s no chilli sauce on the table, you immediately understand that he must have been holding back those tears for a long time,&rdquo; Xiao said in a blog post published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Chinese investors shrug off AI fears after Citrini report sparks US sell-off<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese analysts and investors have expressed scepticism about a viral report by a small US research outfit that triggered a major sell-off on Wall Street, saying China could be largely immune to major artificial intelligence disruption, given the low level of digital penetration in the country&rsquo;s traditional institutions. Citrini Research&rsquo;s report, published on Sunday, included&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinese-investors-shrug-off-ai-fears-after-citrini-report-sparks-us-sell-off\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Chinese investors shrug off AI fears after Citrini report sparks US sell-off&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}