Outspoken market analyst's Chinese social media accounts suspended


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SHANGHAI, May 1 (Reuters) - The Chinese social media accounts of an outspoken Hong Kong-based market strategist were suspended after a series of downbeat commentaries and a slump in mainland equities to two-year lows on COVID-19 lockdowns and global political tensions. All content on the WeChat account of Hong Hao, who is head of research at Bocom International Holdings, has been blocked since late Saturday. His account has also been suspended, WeChat said, citing unspecified violations of its rules. Hong's account on China's Twitter-like microblog Weibo has also vanished since Saturday. Representatives of WeChat and Weibo did not respond immediately...