Year of the Rabbit: Investors warm towards China but hesitation remains

Chinese New Year

Kathleen Gallagher
clock • 6 min read

China entered the Year of the Rabbit in a remarkably different place than it did the Year of the Tiger, largely due to events in the last couple months.

While dynamics are now shifting in a favourable direction, benefiting Chinese stocks and global growth, investment experts remain wary and advise caution.  Chinese equities took a beating in the year of the tiger, with the collapse of the nation's property market, stringent restrictions on some of its sectors and its zero-Covid policy all hampering investor interest. Chinese regulator introduces restrictions on listings for certain sectors "2022 merely served to compound a number of structural and cyclical issues facing the Chinese economy, as well as extend the stock market's unde...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on Asia

China's first quarter GDP growth beats expectations with 5.3% year-on-year jump

China's first quarter GDP growth beats expectations with 5.3% year-on-year jump

Beats expectations

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 16 April 2024 • 2 min read
Fitch Ratings downgrades China's credit to 'Negative' as deficits 'erode fiscal buffers'

Fitch Ratings downgrades China's credit to 'Negative' as deficits 'erode fiscal buffers'

Transitioning to less property-reliant GDP

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 10 April 2024 • 2 min read
EFG's Afzal and Gerlach: A letter from Hong Kong

EFG's Afzal and Gerlach: A letter from Hong Kong

Notes from recent investment trip

Moz Afzal and Stefan Gerlach
clock 28 March 2024 • 4 min read
Trustpilot