Stock markets in the United States plunged over the past week, and many are blaming a place far away from home: China.

Investors around the world are worried about China’s struggling economy — and its own stock market crash.

Why should Americans care about China’s economic struggles, and what does it mean for the rest of the globe? The Daily Signal explains in the above video.

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Video edited and produced by Tate Holcombe.