http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/28/bloomberg/bxboc.php
The ban on IPO’s only affected Shanghai issues, and BOC’s HK issue which has been planned months to years in advance could have gone on with the Shanghai IPO. The Shanghai IPO came as somewhat of a surprise to me since it was only in late May that people started talking about it. This illustrates how fast things are moving.
