With a population of about 300,000, Toledo is just one of many cities in the US and across the globe that flies largely under the radar. Deindustrialisation hit Toledo hard; the local newspaper, the Toledo Blade, counts 140 factories that have closed since 2000 alone. But beyond the plant closings and the civic struggles, today Toledo is making positive global headlines for something other than shuttered malls and urban decay: for the millions of dollars in Chinese investment it is attracting. Chinese investor groups have bought the Park Inn Hotel and Seagate Hotel downtown. Another Chinese group purchased a large tract of land on the waterfront for a "new urbanist"-style marina, which will include a mix of residential, retail and commercial uses. Ten separate Chinese companies have established sales offices in the region.