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China's financial sector came under selling pressure after concerns surfaced about a potential government tax crackdown.
Insurance and bank stocks declined together, a broad retreat that investors read as a sector-wide pricing of new fiscal demands on two industry groups already operating inside a tight regulatory perimeter.
When policy risk becomes price risk The selloff spanned both insurance and banking. That breadth matters more than the magnitude.
A decline confined to one sector can reflect a company-specific concern or a sub-industry re-rating; a move that takes out both insurance and banking signals that the market is treating the underlying risk as systemic.
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