The benchmark index of A-shares, the Shanghai Composite has jumped 1.6% in just the first week of the year. That's worth noting because just a year ago, A-shares took huge losses after investors reacted unexpectedly to a new control measure. The circuit breaker was supposed to prevent dramatic drops but wound up doing just the opposite. Xu Xinchen has more.
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