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CX Daily: China’s Stock Market Roars Back to Life — But Can It Outrun Economic Gravity?

Published: Aug. 26, 2025  9:44 a.m.  GMT+8
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Cover Story: China’s stock market roars back to life — but can it outrun economic gravity?

A blistering rally has lifted Chinese stocks to their highest levels in nearly a decade, pushing total market capitalization above 100 trillion yuan

($13.9 trillion) for the first time. The surge has sparked a fierce debate over whether this is the dawn of a durable “slow bull” market or merely a speculative, emotion-driven upswing detached from grim economic realities.

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