Valuing China Assets No Easy Task After $1 Trillion Wipeout

Valuing China Assets No Easy Task After $1 Trillion Wipeout
An investor walks past a screen showing stock market movements at a securities firm in Hangzhou, China on Jan. 11, 2016. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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LONDON—Any veteran investor will tell you that financial markets overshoot when trouble hits, but what if that market is the world’s second-largest economy and the regime has decided the rules of the game have changed?

The Chinese regime’s months-long regulatory clampdown has included big names in e-commerce, the gig economy, exam cramming and most recently online insurance. Close to $1 trillion in market value has been wiped off China Inc. since February.