Party's silence deafening as bear market consumes Chinese shareholdings

By Philip Wen
Updated August 27 2015 - 7:08am, first published 12:28am
Don't mention the collapse: the People's Daily avoids mention of stockmarket falls in its Tuesday and Wednesday editions, even as other newspapers cover the situation.
 Photo: Sanghee Liu
Don't mention the collapse: the People's Daily avoids mention of stockmarket falls in its Tuesday and Wednesday editions, even as other newspapers cover the situation. Photo: Sanghee Liu

Beijing: As market panic melted $1.5 trillion off the value of Chinese shares in two days, the People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party, had its attention elsewhere.

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