Have a look at the chart - http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=000001.SS+Interactive#{"range":"max","allowChartStacking":true} http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s

Have a look at the chart - http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=000001.SS+Interactive#{"range":"max","allowChartStacking":true} http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=000001.SS+Interactive#{"r... - From Oct 2008 to Oct 2009 the SSE dropped from almost 6,000 to 1,700 (after it rose from 1,800 to 6k the year before). Artificial bubble created by many different factors one being the limitations for Chinese investors / money to go abroad. So we've seen much worse or the same in 2007 / 2009.