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Blog claims US to blame

A recent feed/post that went viral on the instant messaging service WeChat said that the recent turmoil in the Chinese stock markets is the fault of the United States. It even claimed that the US "planned this" to punish the Chinese over recent moves that led to the depreciation of the yuan. Some of the comments went so far as to say that many of China's woes were the fault of the US.