New China stock market plunge prompts global jitters – The Guardian

Chinese investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP
China’s Shanghai Composite Index plunged more than 6% in its biggest drop in three weeks, amid fears that the recent change in exchange rate policy may accelerate flows of capital out of China.The Shanghai Composite Index fell 6.2% to 3,748.16, its largest fall since an 8.5% dive […]