The China Hustle

The China Hustle (2018) is Jed Rothstein's documentary about a financial con, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Dozens of Chinese firms list on US stock exchanges — and most turn out to be hollow shells.

The people digging into it aren't idealists; they're market players themselves. Analyst Dan David and investor Carson Block trace how Chinese companies used reverse mergers to reach American exchanges, inflated their books, and pulled in ordinary retirees' savings under the banner of "promising businesses." Behind the numbers sit factories that don't exist and revenue painted onto paper. To profit from exposing the fraud, the investigators have to short the stocks themselves — and the film openly admits no one here has clean hands.

Rothstein builds it like a financial thriller: interviews with traders, covert trips to supposedly busy plants, and a clear-eyed look at how market trust works and why it breaks so easily. A solid watch for anyone who wants the mechanics of stock fraud without a dry lecture. Stream The China Hustle (2018) online on iFILM.