Chinese stocks are set for a bumpy ride

Chinese stocks have held up well during the pandemic, but the recovery has been uneven.

Shanghai skyline at dusk © Getty
The Chinese economy has probably doubled in size since 2005 © Getty
(Image credit: Shanghai skyline at dusk © Getty)

“Should you be investing in China?” asks Ali Hussain in The Sunday Times. Global investors have withdrawn £5.4bn from funds investing in Chinese stocks in the past month. Worsening relations with Washington and Beijing’s clampdown on Hong Kong are causing some to reconsider their positions.

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Alex is an investment writer who has been contributing to MoneyWeek since 2015. He has been the magazine’s markets editor since 2019. 

Alex has a passion for demystifying the often arcane world of finance for a general readership. While financial media tends to focus compulsively on the latest trend, the best opportunities can lie forgotten elsewhere. 

He is especially interested in European equities – where his fluent French helps him to cover the continent’s largest bourse – and emerging markets, where his experience living in Beijing, and conversational Chinese, prove useful. 

Hailing from Leeds, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester.