China’s Good Week, Taiwan Power Crisis: Saturday Asia Briefing

Something for the weekend.

Hong Kong blues.

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While China’s stocks had some rare good news, presidents, ex-presidents and soon-to-be ex-presidents have been having a tough week. Here’s your roundup for the weekend.

China stocks benchmark rose more than 3% over the week, as the central bank ramped up easing and the market anticipated a government rescue package. That will need to be convincing to revive belief for investors ruing a lost decade.