Analysis-Is China's state-funded stock revival plan pie in the sky?
As China directs its large financial institutions to help revive and rebalance a struggling stock market, analysts see merit in the plan but are sceptical it will stimulate a recovery. Beijing has used this playbook before to some success. Now, however, it is in a vicious chicken-and-egg cycle where the stock market and weak economy feed off each other, hobbling consumer spending and private investment.