China's stock market is in a 3-year slump and Beijing's flip-flops are adding to the confusion

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People are walking past an electronic display board showing the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong, China, on January 22, 2024.
People are walking past an electronic display board showing the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong, China, on January 22, 2024.

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Real estate made China rich. Now it's looking more like kryptonite.

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An exterior view of Evergrande Metropolis (or Evergrande Mingdu) housing complex on December 6, 2021 in Huaian, Jiangsu Province of China.
An exterior view of the Evergrande Metropolis housing complex in Huaian, China.

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Bonds go bonkers as the US government now pays more than Vietnam or Morocco to borrow

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Strange things are going on in debt markets.

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There could be even tougher times ahead for China's economy, as forecasters slash their growth predictions

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Daily life in China after the pandemic
China's economy faces lopsided supply and demand problems that have been decades in the making.

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China's $10 trillion hidden debt mountain could be the 'ticking time bomb' that Joe Biden warned of

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The Chinese national flag flies behind security cameras on Tiananmen Square on June 4, 2012 on the 23rd anniversary of China's crackdown of democracy protests in Beijing.

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