Shanghai Composite Index

It also foreshadows a bifurcation of the trade environment post-Covid-19. It touches — but does not acknowledge — two very different approaches to trade and the way it is used as a political instrument.

(Oct 19): Chinese stocks jumped, headed for their biggest gain in a month, after top financial officials voiced support for the battered equity market.

HONG KONG (June 2): In China’s struggling stock market, it’s easy to pick a winner. Back the state.

HONG KONG (April 5): To get in on the hottest equity trade in China right now, you’ll have to be quick.

SHANGHAI (May 26): It's been almost 12 months since China's equity market embarked on a precipitous decline that would erase US$5 trillion ($6.9 trillion) of value, and the nation's stocks have rarely been this subdued.

SYDNEY / TOKYO (May 23): Asia’s benchmark stock index swung between gains and losses as Japanese shares fell as the yen advanced, offsetting gains in Chinese and Taiwanese shares.