This aerial photo shows the Shanghai Financial Exchange Square in Shanghai, China, on December 5. Chinese stocks are having their worst start to a year since 2016.
Mandatory Credit:	Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

This aerial photo shows the Shanghai Financial Exchange Square in Shanghai, China, on December 5. Chinese stocks are having their worst start to a year since 2016.
Mandatory Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images

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Chinese stocks having worst start to a year since 2016

China’s stock market had a rough 2023 and the rout has accelerated in the first few weeks of the new year, after Beijing dashed hopes that it might do more to support the struggling economy.