By Weizhen Tan, CNBC •
Updated on August 3, 2021 at 3:10 am
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Chinese tech and education stocks massively sold off last week after the country continued its crackdown on the tech sector, and stepped up restrictions on its education industry.
China s recent regulatory crackdown has been misinterpreted as being anti-capitalist by some Western investors, who will as a consequence continue to miss out on what s happening in the Asian country, says billionaire investor Ray Dalio.
The crackdown on the education sector is actually an attempt to reduce inequality in the country, as costs spiral in the huge tutoring and enrichment industry, say analysts.
Online tutoring flourished in anxious China until Beijing stepped in
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