China stock market turmoil explained - CNN.com
Hong Kong (CNN)China's stock market crash is now stretching into its third week, and share prices in Shanghai have lost a third of their value since mid-June.
The country's market watchdog has warned of a "mood of panic." And some say the crash might have graver implications for the world economy than the crisis in Greece. So why are stocks falling?
Earlier this year, China's stock market was displaying many of the classic warning signs of a bubble. Grandmas, cab drivers and college kids were all making small fortunes in a frenzy of "chao gu" or stir-frying stocks -- Chinese slang for trading.
And the stock rally came at a time when the wider economy was slowing, puzzling many financial analysts. But now they say gravity is taking effect.
"China's stock market had become detached from the reality of China's own economy, and appallingly overvalued," Patrick Chovanec, managing director at Silvercrest Asset Management, posted on Twitter.
China's stock market had become detached from reality of China's own economy, and appallingly overvalued. This is gravity taking effect. Continue to article...
China stock market turmoil explained - CNN.com
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