• February 21 2024
  Chinese authorities toughen quant trading rules in bid to prop up stock market

  New regime comes after regulators punish major trading house for automated dumping of shares

  
• February 18 2024
  Investors hope for catch-up rally as Chinese stocks reopen

  Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges tipped for gains after 10-day Lunar New Year holiday

  
• February 13 2024
  Exchange traded funds

  China’s ‘national team’ propels EM ETF flows to new record

  Chinese equity funds accounted for vast majority of the new money, but foreign investors preferred ex-China vehicles

  
• February 8 2024
  Chinese equity flows turn positive as Beijing signals support

  Banks and brokers were buyers of stocks, while state-backed institutions were also likely to be purchasers, say traders

  
• February 7 2024
  Chinese politics & policy

  China removes head of market regulator as it battles stock meltdown

  Securities commission chair Yi Huiman seen as ‘scapegoat’ for plunge in share prices in recent months

  
• February 7 2024
  China stock trading surges after Beijing unveils more state-led buying

  ‘National team’ support likely to be behind turnover in major indices hitting highest level since August, say analysts

  
• February 6 2024
  Chinese equities rebound on hopes of support from Beijing

  Regulators release a series of announcements in a bid to stabilise markets

  
• February 3 2024
  ‘Uninvestable’: China’s $2tn stock rout leaves investors scarred

  Some global fund managers fear government efforts to stabilise the market are too little, too late

  
• January 28 2024
  Chinese regulators curb short selling as market downturn deepens

  Measures come into effect from Monday and are designed to ‘create a fairer market order’

  
• January 26 2024
  Chinese stocks snap rally as investors turn sceptical over state support

  CSI 300 index ends three-day winning streak after Morgan Stanley scraps bullish forecast

  
• January 25 2024
  Chinese retail investors hit by big losses in ‘snowball’ derivatives

  Wipeout in contracts sold as safe investments is feeding erosion of confidence in domestic stocks, analysts say

  
• January 24 2024
  Chinese capital controls

  China tightens access to offshore investment funds as domestic market founders

  Curbs on funds that allow retail investors to bet on foreign securities come amid sell-off in Chinese equities

  
• January 23 2024
  Are we making a mountain out of a snowball?

  Shanghai can’t hear you knock-in

  
• January 23 2024
  Hong Kong stocks climb on call for ‘forceful’ state support to curb market rout

  Chinese Premier Li Qiang says ‘effective measures’ needed to boost confidence

  
• January 19 2024
  Chinese stock rout accelerates as foreign investors sell out

  Fall in Hong Kong and Chinese indices defies many Wall Street banks’ hopes of rebound after last year’s losses

  
• January 5 2024
  China launches new blue-chip stock index to push growth sectors

  More diversified CSI A50 index gives greater emphasis to priority industries such as renewables and chips

  
• December 28 2023
  Chinese business & finance

  Foreign investors unwind $33bn bet on China growth rebound

  Almost 90% of money that flowed into Chinese stocks in 2023 has left amid concern about economy

  
• December 27 2023
  Games industry

  Chinese gaming stocks regain some ground as Beijing softens rhetoric

  Regulators act to ease concerns after new industry guidelines cause big sell-off

  
• November 21 2023
  Over 75% of foreign money invested into Chinese stocks in 2023 has left

  Traders wait for signs of strong economic rebound before buying back in

  
• November 15 2023
  US politics & policy

  US federal pension fund to exclude Hong Kong and China investments

  FRTIB’s decision to switch benchmark indices comes in response to mounting geopolitical risks

  
• October 29 2023
  China tech IPOs decline as regulators turn tough on start-ups

  Policy reversal leads to record number of listing applications pulled this year from tech-focused Star Market

  
• October 24 2023
  Unhedged podcast18 min listen

  Is China a bargain right now?

  The Chinese stock market is below where it was in 2019. Is this a warning or a bargain?

  
• October 23 2023
  China’s stock market drops to pre-pandemic low

  Slow growth, property sector woes and geopolitical tensions continue to weigh on shares

  
• October 18 2023
  LexJune Yoon

  The Lex Newsletter: China weighs up fast-food stocks vs pharma stocks Premium content

  Bet on dining out may be a quicker source of returns than weight-loss drugs

  
• October 12 2023
  China bars brokers from opening offshore trading accounts

  A state-backed fund also increased its shareholding in China’s four biggest banks