What nickname was given to the sharp 2015 fall in Chinese shares that spread anxiety through global markets?

The sharp 2015 fall in Chinese shares was widely nicknamed China’s Black Monday.

On August 24, 2015, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.49%, its largest one-day percentage drop since 2007. The decline was part of a broader market sell-off that had begun after Chinese equities surged and then lost momentum.

Investors worried about China’s economic slowdown, falling commodity prices, and the government’s efforts to support the stock market. Anxiety spread internationally, contributing to sharp falls in European and American equities and creating one of the most volatile periods of 2015.

China’s Black Monday is distinct from Black Monday in 1987. The two events share a nickname because both involved severe Monday declines, but they occurred in different countries and decades. The 2015 episode also involved several trading days of turbulence rather than one isolated global crash.