For some perspective look at the Shanghai composite's chart since 2000. The price is still above its 50 day moving average... http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts

For some perspective look at the Shanghai composite's chart since 2000. The price is still above its 50 day moving average... http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=000001.SS+Interactive#{"showSma":true,"smaColors":"#cc0000","smaPeriods":"50","smaWidths":"2","smaGhosting":"0","range":"max","allowChartStacking":true} http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=000001.SS+Interactive#{"s... This is hardly some sort of disaster or the end of China's prosperity. Just a bump in the road for investors.