The Chinese stock bubble of 2007 () was the global

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plunge of February 27, and November 2007, which wiped out hundreds of billions of

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. After rumors that governmental

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economic authorities were going to raise

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s in an attempt to curb

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and that they planned to clamp down on

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trading with borrowed money, the

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Index of the

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tumbled 9%, the largest drop in 10 years. The plunge in

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n markets sent ripples through the global market as the world reacted to the 9% meltdown in the Chinese stock market. The Chinese Correction triggered drops and major unease in nearly all financial markets around the world. After the Chinese market drop, the

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in the

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dropped 416.02 points, or 3.29% from 12,632.26 to 12,216.24 amid fears for growth prospects, then the biggest one-day slide since the

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. The S&P 500 saw a larger 3.47% slide. Sell orders were made so fast that an additional analysis computer had to be used, causing an instantaneous 200-point drop at one point in the Dow Industrials. But, Shanghai Composite then raised to peak 6,092 in October 2007, then plunged between November 2007-November 2008.

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