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China’s succession crisis: a generation of entrepreneurs is retiring, but are their children ready to take over?

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What happened

Family run private businesses helped power China’s economic miracle, but the next generation is finding it difficult to carry on the work of their parents Growing up, Ayu would watch his parents put together hand made leather shoes on the ground floo…

Key facts

  • Reported by The Guardian and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:19:03 UTC.

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  1. China’s succession crisis: a generation of entrepreneurs is retiring, but are their children ready to take over?

  2. Financial insiders are buying their own stock at the slowest pace in nearly 23 years—a ‘negative data point’ just as bank earnings kick off

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