Not falling short: The rise of short selling in China

Earlier this year, some Chinese companies listed in the US found their stock prices plunging as a result of short sellers' actions. Meanwhile, short selling has landed in China on its futures exchange and is being induced by the government to develop and improve its capital markets

14 minute readDecember 06, 2011 at 11:57 PM
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clpstaff

Earlier this year, short sellers targeted many Chinese companies (Chinese concept stocks or “CCSs”) that had listed on US exchanges by way of reverse mergers and earned great profits. In

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