China's Investor Army Is Bracing for More Stock-Market Pain
- Retail buyers make up about 80 percent of China’s stock market
- ‘This might be a chance for me to make more money’: investor
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China’s stock sell-off the past month has hit shares traded on the mainland hardest, putting the individual investors that make up 80 percent of the market in the firing line for losses.
More than $250 billion has been wiped off the value of Chinese equities since April 1, as a drive to reduce financial leverage kicked into high gear with President Xi Jinping ordering a check of risks.