China's A-share market soared strongly on Monday, with the turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges exceeding 2.5 trillion yuan ($356.5 billion) in total. Monday is the last trading day before the week-long National Day holidays. ( read original story ...)
Central Banks Shock Investors
This month, central banks surprised investors with a series of policy changes aimed at easing their previously restrictive stances. ( read original story ...)
China’s stock frenzy is an absurd distraction. Nothing has really changed
It is legitimate to ask whether China is blowing smoke in our eyes or dragging its feet on a debt-deflation crisis that Xi Jinping still refuses to acknowledge.The raft of stimulus measures announced with escalating fanfare all through last week add up to a substantial short-term package, ( read original story ...)
3 dead in Shanghai knife attack on eve of China’s National Day holiday
15 people are recovering in hospital and a man has been detained after supermarket assault motivated by ‘personal grievances’. ( read original story ...)
JD Industrials refiles Hong Kong IPO plan to ride China stocks wave
The company submitted its second IPO application after a first attempt failed last year due to tepid market conditions. ( read original story ...)
China’s stock surge has echoes of the 2015 bubble. What’s different this time
Over six months from 2014 to 2015, the Chinese stock market doubled in value, while leverage climbed, Aaron Costello, regional head for Asia at Cambridge Associates, pointed out Monday. This time around, ( read original story ...)
Man kills 3, injures 15 in Shanghai stabbing spree
A knife-wielding man killed three people and injured 15 others in a stabbing spree Monday night at a Shanghai supermarket, local police said. ( read original story ...)