Between June 2005 and October 2007, when it peaked, the Chinese stockmarket went up five-fold; it then went into freefall losing 70% of its value over the following year. Such a market price trajectory represents that of a classic stockmarket bubble. This paper seeks to explain what was going on...

Between June 2005 and October 2007, when it peaked, the Chinese stock market rose five-fold. It then went into free fall losing 70% of its value over the following year, more than China’s total GDP. A similar trajectory played out between July 2014 and January 2016.This paper describes the...