Former Evergrande economist faces WeChat gag order after ‘buy the dip’ call

South China Morning Post - Nov 7, 2026

Amid a bear market in China’s stock exchanges, Ren Zeping, the high-profile independent economist famed for his prescient call on China’s A-share bull market, is once again in the spotlight for a “gag order” on his social media, though industry insiders say that the move by the platform was not unexpected. Since October 24, Ren Zeping’s WeChat official account “Zeping Macro” could no longer be retrieved via search and would not accept new subscribers. The same restriction applied to his WeChat...

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