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China’s Two-Speed Economy Spurs Yawning Gap Between Stocks, Yuan

Bloomberg30 September 2026, 02:37 UTCPeople's Republic of China

China’s longstanding two-speed economy is creating ever greater divergence in its financial markets, with stocks and bond yields sinking to more than one-year lows this month while the yuan has powered higher.

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