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China's stock markets plunge despite efforts to curb selling

Season 2015 Episode 1890 | 2m 38s

Since mid-June, China’s two main stock markets have seen drastic drops, falling by more than 30 percent. In the past year, reforms toward greater liberalization had helped the markets skyrocket, but this recent free fall has spurred some panic among Chinese investors and concern abroad. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports.

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