China

• 18-Apr-2008: Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,094.67, down -49.20% from its 16-Oct-2007 high at 6,092.06.
• 18-Mar-2008: Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,668.90, down -39.78% from its 16-Oct-2007 high at 6,092.06.
• 11-Mar-2008: Reported 8.7% rise in the consumer price index. A 23.3% jump in food costs drove inflation to its highest level in nearly 12 years in February.
• 28-Jan-2008: Shanghai Composite Index was down -27.46% from its 16-Oct-2007 high at 6,092.06.
• 14-Nov-2007: Retail sales jumped 18.1% in October from a year earlier, the fastest pace on record, propelled by rising incomes, accelerating inflation and windfall gains from the surging stock market.
• 12-Nov-2007: October trade surplus hit record, at USD $27.05 billion.
• 15-Oct-2007: Shanghai Composite Index crossed 6,000 mark for the first time despite Beijing's repeated efforts to slow it down. Recent milestones:
  - 5,000 on 23-Aug-2007
  - 4,000 on 09-May-2007
  - 3,000 on 19-Mar-2007.
• 12-Oct-2007: China Stock Party Won't Last
• 10-Sep-2007: August PPI up 2.6% year over year.
• 20-Jul-2007: Central bank of China increased 0.27% in commercial banks' benchmark one-year deposit and lending rates, to 3.33% and 6.84% respectively.
• Reported that annual economic growth accelerated to 11.9% in Q2'07.
• 12-Jun-2007: Reported inflation in food up 26%.
• 30-May-2007: Tripled its stamp tax on stock trades to 0.3% from 0.1% -- an effort to cool equity speculation.
• 23-May-2007: Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan took on China stock Market: "It is clearly unsustainable... There's going to be a dramatic contraction at some point."
• 18-May-2007: Announced:
  - Its currency Yuan to fluctuate against US Dollar by 0.5% a day, up from 0.3%.
  - Raised lending rates to 6.57% on a commercial one-year loan, and tightened bank credit to slow its economy.
  - Invested USD $3 billion in Blackstone Group.
• 14-May-2007: 1st-Time Investors Buy Up Chinese Stocks
• 06-May-2007: China's irrational exuberance
• 24-Apr-2007: Reasons to Worry About China Stocks?
• 19-Apr-2007: Reported larger than expected Growth of Domestic Products (GDP) of +11.1%.
• 19-Mar-2007: Announced 0.27% rate hike that would raise lending rates to 6.39% and deposit rates to 2.79% -- an effort to slow its economy.

The rest of the world

• 11-Dec-2007: India BSE Sensex index crossed 20,000 mark for the first time.
• 02-Dec-2007: Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing invests $60 million in Facebook
• 28-Nov-2007: Hong Kong Hang Seng Index was down -17.80% from its October 30th high at 31,638.22
• 06-Nov-2007: Alibaba.com, China's largest e-commerce company, raised $1.49 billion in its initial public offering in Hong Kong.
• 05-Nov-2007: Hong Kong Hang Seng Index tumbled 5% sparked by uncertainties about how soon mainland investors can buy Hong Kong-listed stocks.
• 26-Oct-2007: Hong Kong Hang Seng Index crossed 30,000 mark for the first time, closed at 30,405.22.
• 20-Sep-2007: U.S. dollar hit 30-year low against Canadian Dollar. 1 CAD = 1 USD.
• 10-Sep-2007: Japan Q2 GDP contracted -0.3% quarter over quarter.
• 05-Jul-2007: Bank of England raised interest rates to 5.75%, highest level in six years.
• 06-Jun-2007: European Central Bank raised its key interest rate by 0.25% to 4.0%.
• 18-Apr-2007: U.S. dollar hit 26-year low against British Pound. 1 UK£ = 2 USD.