Chinese leader Xi Jinping has sent mixed signals to foreign investors. Image: Asia Times Files / Getty

Drawing such comparisons clearly isn’t Beijing’s intention. But they come at a moment when many global investors wonder if China is having its own “Lehman moment” amid cratering property and stock values.

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