Investing in China: The how and why of it

Even as Indian stock markets go through a rough patch, Chinese equities have rebounded after lagging for around a decade. Global investors are looking to ride this rally. Over the past 10 years, the Shanghai SE Composite Index rose just 2.5%. However, the Chinese government's stimulus measures to boost domestic consumption and DeepSeek’s AI model lifted the sentiment. China’s benchmark index has delivered 12.55% returns over the past one year compared with a 1.8% rise in the Nifty 50 during the period in terms of local currency. Trading volumes of iShares China Large-Cap ETF, which tracks Chinese blue-chip stocks, swelled…