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China’s Misguided Ban on Short Selling

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China’s Misguided Ban on Short Selling
Paramilitary policemen patrol in front of the People's Bank of China, the central bank of China, in Beijing on July 8, 2015. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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China’s financial regulators are panicking. They banned short selling and suspended the sale of restricted shares (owned by employees and “strategic” investors) starting Jan. 29.
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Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor’s/master’s in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea” (2018).
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