China supports stocks with cheap buyback loans and IPO freezes, but gains quickly fade.
China's central bank has made cheap stock buyback loans a permanent tool to support share prices, while regulators have reportedly instructed banks to pause new IPO listings to reduce share supply. Despite these measures, the Shanghai Composite index's gains were short-lived, falling back near a one-year low. The policy aims to stabilize the market after a sharp October decline, but analysts remain skeptical about a broad market rebound. Investors in Chinese stock ETFs like FXI and KWEB see limited immediate impact, as the new rules mainly affect mainland A-shares, while offshore listings remain vulnerable. The KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF...


