Regulators, government officials and investors would like to think the present financial turbulence is a passing phase, that “normalcy” could return, but they fear a fundamental shift has taken place.

The reading contrasts with Chinese officials' conviction that the world's second-largest economy is well placed to absorb the US trade shock and suggests domestic demand remains weak as factory owners ...

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