China stocks tumble 2%, rest of Asia struggles to hold gains

You telling me somethings not going on in the financial markets. First US and UK, now China having a wobble. The markets are built on a pack of cards after 2008 crisis. Nothing changes, just paper over the cracks and go again...

Asian stock markets gave up an early lead on Monday, with Chinese stocks leading the declines, amid worries about U.S.-China trade relations and continued tech-stock weakness on Wall Street.

Down from the start of trading, the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -2.18%   dropped 2.4% and the smaller-cap Shenzhen Composite 399106, -2.02%   fell 0.7%.

Hong Kong stocks joined regional peers recovering from Friday’s global selloff, though early out-of-gate gains were whittled in a few minutes. The benchmark Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.38%   lost 0.2%, after a 1% gain at the open. Chinese property developers such as Sino Land 0083, -2.39%   , fell over 3%, as China Resources Land 1109, +1.15%   gave up leads of more than 1%.

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nikkei-scares-up-gains-as-asian-stocks-mostly-advance-2018-10-28