SBP editorial: Chinese tremors have implications for our fortunes

The arrest of the chief financial officer of a mobile phone company wouldn’t ordinarily be regarded as a widespread global stock market trigger.

However, it is a sign of the turbulent times in which we live that when Sabrina Meng Wanzhou of Chinese tech firm Huawei was arrested in Canada during the week, many financial commentators attributed the incident as a partial cause of the later rout of stock markets in the US, ...