Chinese Stocks Plunge in Worst End to Lunar Year on Record
- Onshore markets will be shut for week-long break from Friday
- Shares had rallied after China detailed plans to contain virus
Travelers wear protective masks at they wait at Hongqiao high-speed railway station in Shanghai on Jan. 22.
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Panic coursed through the world’s second-largest equity market as investors sold stocks on concern a deadly virus will worsen over China’s week-long trading break.