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The China Edit | Global Stocks Slide, Hong Kong Retail Slows, Chen Man's Photography

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.
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  • Kate Abnett

"China's Seven-Minute Selling Frenzy That Shook Global Markets" (Bloomberg)
"Spiraling declines on the first day of China's circuit breakers show how measures meant to help restore calm to one of the world's most volatile equity markets risk doing just the opposite."

"Hong Kong Retail Sales Figures Fall for 12th Straight Month" (South China Morning Post)
"Hong Kong retail sales fell 7.8 per cent in November — a drop worse than expected that prompted retailers to draw parallels to 2003, when the city was hit by SARS."

"Fashion in 2016: From India and China to Wearable Tech and Streetwear(The Independent)
"The Chinese yuan crashed back in June — and the fashion industry felt it. The question now is: 'who next?' Or rather, 'where next?'"

"Chen Man: China's 'Annie Leibovitz' Is Changing How the World Sees China" (CNN Style)
"Highly-stylized through the use of modern post-production techniques, and incorporating a range of eastern themes and iconography, her shoots can be viewed as representative of a new aspirational China."

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