from Hacker News

Surge in Chinese tech stocks is making the dot-com bubble look tame

by viblo on 4/21/15, 2:58 AM with 36 comments

• by sbt on 4/21/15, 11:28 AM

  Some interesting take on this from Deutsche Bank:

  "Bubble watchers point out median earnings multiples for Chinese technology stocks are twice US peer valuations at their dot.com peak. More worrying perhaps is a health-goods-from-deer-antlers producer on 70 times, the seamless underwear manufacturer on 90 times or those school uniform and ketchup makers on 330 times"

• by viblo on 4/21/15, 3:03 AM

  Im from Europe and work for in Beijing for a Chinese startup. I do get a bit worried when reading this (and similar articles).

• by nabla9 on 4/21/15, 5:28 PM

  Just look at the KPCB office locations: Menlo Park, San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai.

• by stefap2 on 4/21/15, 5:16 PM

  So, should we be shorting these stocks?

• by 1971genocide on 4/21/15, 9:51 AM

  This is really good news. Unlike the US it seems these companies need to proof that they can turn a profit.

  Economists have been crying out "bubble bubble !" on china for 10 years. The science of capital as applied to western countries do not apply to a system like china where there are so many SOE. Imagine if economists applied the same type of thinking during WW2 and the space race.

  China seems to be in a similar "war" mode, with there economy. This is a good thing since their goal seem to be allow billions of asians to have the same level of living standard as western countries.

  The growth of tech outside of silicon valley is good news for everyone. It creates an alternate market for competition, rather than the current monoculture.