THE jarring contrast of China’s market bust and soaring US stocks may cloud the vulnerability of the latter to events in Beijing, and some fear Wall Street’s narrow focus heightens that risk.
A relentless plunge of Chinese equities over the past year – on a mix of property sector woes, deflation, piecemeal policy supports and dire demographics – is compounded by capital flight on fears of deepening geopolitical rifts, not least over Taiwan.
