China Seeks Stock Market Links with Europe

Chinese President Xi Jinping is defending his government's dramatic moves to stabilize stock markets in recent months, indicating Beijing will remain heavily involved in regulating the exchanges. Xi told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Tuesday that order and freedom are both essential for financial markets. Critics have accused Beijing of overreacting to the stock market losses by forcing companies to hold on to shares, pumping billions of dollars into...

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