Plainclothes policemen have a chat as they stand watch outside the barricaded Sichuan Trust office building in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan Province on Feb. 27, 2024. Some investors in a troubled trust fund in China are facing financial ruin under a government plan to return a fraction of their money, casualties of a slump in the property industry and a broader economic slowdown. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)