China tries to calm skittish investors amid 'regulatory storm'

As volatility surged, many got their fingers burnt

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The market panic began at the beginning of July, when China's cyberspace regulators placed the country's top ride-hailing company, Didi Chuxing, under a cybersecurity review and ordered its app removed from domestic app stores, citing data breaches.

LIU CAIPING, YUE YUE and THOMAS ZHANG, Caixin

Chinese companies have just endured a summer characterized by a "storm of regulation," leaving their share prices facing a lot more uncertainty. Volatility surged, and many investors got their fingers burnt. Some cried foul, and some called for more predictability in decision-making regarding capital market regulations.

"Policies just came out without any warning, and far exceeded expectations, be it inside or outside China," complained one insider at a U.S.-listed Chinese company.

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