China’s stock market recovered in afternoon trading on Aug. 25, with the Shanghai Composite edging into positive territory and the intraday yellow line substantially outperforming the white line, signaling stronger performance from smaller-cap shares. Turnover across the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges reached 1.83 trillion yuan, down 175.6 billion yuan from the previous trading session. More than 4,200 stocks rose as market themes rotated quickly. Innovative drugs and CRO (contract research organization) stocks rebounded, while agriculture, liquid-cooling server and consumer shares also advanced. Resource stocks, including precious-metals and lithium-mining companies, fell sharply.