THE China market scorecard doesn't make for great reading this year.
The yuan: down the most since 1994. Stocks: down the most since 2011. Bonds: clinging on to the smallest return in three years. But for some assets at least, strategists see prospects of a turnaround. The following is a summary of China's markets this year, and the outlook for 2017.
Weakening yuan
The yuan started the year by torpedoing global markets, with a series of weaker-than-expected fixings in early January creating panic about the nation's currency policy and spurring capital outflows. Even as the central bank changed tack to prop up the exchange rate with intervention, capital controls and verbal support, the yuan ended...