Despite the ugly run Chinese technology stocks have been witnessing this year, Thematic Chinese ETFs tracking the China Digitalization theme have attracted $743 million over the past month.

Bargain-hunting investors have been increasingly betting that it can't get any worse for the technology sector, one of many sectors that have been hammered by the perpetual government crackdown. Year-to-date, technology giants like Tencent Holdings (HK 0700, -17.2%), Alibaba Group holdings (HK 9988, -47.9%) and Baidu (HK 9888: -42% since March IPO) stumbled after Chinese regulators issues a flurry of fines in a series of antitrust investigations. President Xi Jinping also pressed technology tycoons to join his "common prosperity" campaign, calling them to share more wealth with the rest of the country. The wave of harsh measures triggered a massive sell off in the sector, an opportunity that attracts investors with large risk appetite.

To invest in China Digitalization theme via ETFs, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet UCITS ETF, Global X China E-commerce and Logistics ETF, Samsung CSI China Dragon Internet ETF and CICC CSI Select 100 ETF provide the right exposure.

The KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF or KWEB, is the largest with $8.12 billion in assets. The fund tracks the CSI Overseas China Internet Index, providing exposure to China based companies whose primary business is focused on internet and internet-related technology. As of December 12, 2021, KWEB's top holdings include Tencent Holdings (9.62%), Alibaba Group Holdings-ADR (8.66%), Meituan-Class B (7.8%), JD.com-ADR (6.95%) and Baidu ? Spon ADR (5.83%). This year, the fund generated a loss of 43%.

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