Chinese Stocks Post Record 10-Week Losing Streak Despite 4.5% GDP Growth

Chinese equities have posted a record 10-week losing streak even though the economy reportedly grew 4.5%, a divergence that points to investor skepticism about the quality and durability of that expansion rather than its headline pace. The disconnect runs through the risk-appetite and earnings-expectations channel: when GDP growth fails to translate into corporate profit visibility, foreign and domestic investors reprice equity risk premia lower, and the selling pressure tends to concentrate in property-linked developers, consumer names, and banks, where balance-sheet and credit-demand concerns are most acute. Export-oriented and large-cap state-linked stocks may show relative resilience, but broad index exposure, including China-focused ETFs and offshore listings in Hong Kong, is most directly exposed to continued outflows. Traders should watch the next monthly activity data on industrial output, retail sales, and fixed-asset investment, since weakness in domestic demand beneath a strong GDP headline would reinforce the thesis that growth is not reaching equity cash flows.

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