Tencent Holdings repurchased 3.93 million Hong Kong-listed shares, the most in nearly two decades, after being added to a US blacklist for alleged links to the Chinese military, sparking a 7.3% stock drop. The $193 million buyback signals urgency to contain the fallout. Tencent shares fell 2% on Wednesday, despite mainland Chinese investors buying $1.4 billion worth of shares.
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