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The Chinese Bubble – Same Movie, Different Cast

It’s déjà vu all over again. That’s what the rip-roaring bull market in Chinese stocks looks like to anyone who lived through the late 1980s Japanese bubble.

By Peter Tasker | October 17, 2007
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Same Movie, Different Cast: The China Bubble In 7 Stages

The performance of the Chinese market now comfortably exceeds that of other classic bubble markets – Japan in the late 1980s and TMT in the late 1990s. Bubble markets have much in common, including the inevitable denouement.

By Peter Tasker | October 16, 2007
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