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Video | Did Beijing engineer China’s stock market rally?

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In June 2025, China's underperforming stock markets started rallying – but it's not clear why.

Factory gate deflation is endemic, housing prices continue to fall, and household confidence remains weak, none of which is typically supportive of a stock market recovery.

So, what's going on?
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