The  new NASDAQ styled stock exchange ChiNext, based in Shenzhen, had only been open for five minutes before the word “bubble”  could be heard murmured from the lips of skeptics.  At the end of the day the market capitalization of ChiNext stood at 140 billion yuan ($20.5 billion), with some IPOs increasing their initial values by over 200%. It was even rumored that a long time party member had yelled “Long live Adam Smith!” with tears of joy welling in his eyes, glass of Armagnac in one hand, two Behike cigars smoldering in the other. It seems a lot of people are pleased with capitalist-style communism lately.

As the wall Street Journal reports though, there are concerns that low interest rates combined with massive fiscal stimulus (there we go, that’s old style communism!) and a lessening risk aversion among Chinese investors are potentially combining to create a dangerous asset bubble. Tell that to the Chinese, it’s party time right now.

Chinese investors have waited for years for this event, and small Chinese technology firms that have seen the large companies getting the lion’s share of investment and support now have a much needed source of capital funds to draw from. To match the ChiNext launch, the Chinese government has reportedly set up 20 technology supporting investment funds as well.

If that’s not enought to convince you that China has emerged as a technology powerhouse, Chinese A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. (APWR on the NASDAQ) a producer of wind power turbines, was awarded the contract to provide turbines for a new west Texas wind farm, one of the largest wind farms in America.  Deep in the heart of west Texas, America’s new green energywill be powered by Chinese companies and chinese technology. In fact, some contentious US-China trade restrictions were recently lifted as President Obama gets set to visit with the Chinese leadershipin Beijing next month.

Maybe they like his brand of communist-style capitalism.

 

I kid!

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Tags: APWR, Behike cigars, ChiNext, dangerous asset bubble, President Obama, small Chinese technology firms, technology supporting investment funds, Texas wind farm, US-China trade restrictions

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