A wild plunge in China's stock market over the past month has burned millions of retail investors, but 22-year-old student Zhu Qimeng prefers to view any losses as a valuable part of his education for a career in finance.
Beijing policymakers have been rattled by a selling frenzy that has sent stocks 30 percent lower in the past three weeks, unveiling an extraordinary series of support measures over recent days to try to stem the decline.
But Zhu, one of a growing number of students who have plowed money into the markets in the hope the experience will help them secure a lucrative job in the industry, is phlegmatic.
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