Chinese Shares Climb on First Major Stimulus After Tariff Spat

Chinese shares rose after Beijing rolled out a slew of easing measures in its first major policy response to President Trump's steep tariffs on imports from China. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened sharply higher and was up 0.6% at 3337.23 by midday Wednesday. The Shenzhen Composite Index and the ChiNext Price Index also rose at the open and were last 0.5% and 0.4% higher, respectively. The Hang Seng Index, which popped as much as 2.4%, was up 0.5% at the midday break. The gains came after Chinese policymakers and...