Year of the Rabbit: Investors warm towards China but hesitation remains

Chinese New Year

Kathleen Gallagher
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China entered the Year of the Rabbit in a remarkably different place than it did the Year of the Tiger, largely due to events in the last couple months.

While dynamics are now shifting in a favourable direction, benefiting Chinese stocks and global growth, investment experts remain wary and advise caution.  Chinese equities took a beating in the year of the tiger, with the collapse of the nation's property market, stringent restrictions on some of its sectors and its zero-Covid policy all hampering investor interest. Chinese regulator introduces restrictions on listings for certain sectors "2022 merely served to compound a number of structural and cyclical issues facing the Chinese economy, as well as extend the stock market's unde...

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