A 9,800% Stock Increase Exposes Hong Kong's Billionaires on Paper

  • A dozen billionaires can’t sell shares at the value they trade
  • SFC warns about companies with $80 billion total market value
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They are classic Hong Kong stories: people who, in a blink, became stock-market billionaires.

But exactly what’s behind much of this wealth is something of a mystery.