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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent

Chinese stocks suffer worst fall in 27 years over growth concerns

Shanghai, China, cityscape at night
Shanghai at night. On Wednesday the Shanghai stock exchange lost 6.6%, while the Shenzhen composite index tumbled by 8.2%. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA

Chinese stocks have suffered their worst fall in 27 years after efforts by Beijing to stimulate the world’s second-largest economy disappointed investors.

Stock markets in Asia fell sharply after China’s top economic planning authority failed to announce further measures to improve flagging growth.

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