Three Seconds Has Become an Eternity in the Chinese Stock Market
Investors look through stock information at a trading hall in a securities firm in Shanghai on June 19, 2015.
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For international investors accustomed to speed, trading in China’s stock market is like flying blind.
That’s because everybody who transacts on the Shanghai Stock Exchange gets price updates just once every three seconds, or five seconds if they have a lower level of service.