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Many happy returns as Shanghai bourse turns 25

Published Fri, Dec 18, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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WHEN Qian Qimin started investing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange - where trading began 25 years ago on Saturday - he lined up at a sports stadium to buy shares of a textile machinery maker, one of just a handful of listed companies.

One share in Shanghai Erfangji cost 1.87 yuan on its first day as a quoted company. It was later taken over in a corporate restructuring and its successor firm is now around 16 times higher.

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