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Just another bad day in the office for China's lonely stock traders

  • Written by The Conversation
imageDifficult days: a trader checks her phone on the trading floor at the Shanghai Stock Exchange.Aly Song/Reuters

Assume you’re a trader and your job involves buying and selling on the Shanghai/ Shenzhen stock exchanges. You’ve just returned to work from your 1 January New Year break. You’re feeling bearish for a number of reasons.

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