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• Archive: Sixteen years after the first shares were traded in Shanghai, China's stockmarket is now recognised as the developing world's most important market and is already the third largest in Asia.
• All the large Western banks and investment firms have a strong presence in Shanghai.
• Now that China has become a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the growth of the Chinese stockmarket is being eagerly watched.This is an informative and accessible guide to China's stockmarket.
• It explains the creation of the market and how it has developed since the 1980s.
• Key policies are examined; major scandals recounted; and the different types of investors—institutional and individuals—analysed.