China’s Stock Market Plunges After Chinese Leader’s Rare Public Appearance

A pedestrian walks past the Shanghai Stock Exchange in Shanghai, China, on Nov. 4, 2020.Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

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China’s stock market saw a sharp decline on Feb. 2, a day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare public appearance. Meanwhile, many Chinese shareholders took to the official Weibo account of the U.S. Embassy in China to air their grievances about the stock market.