There's consensus the market will keep an upside trend in the long run. The focus is how quickly the key index can top 1,300 and after that it may head north more easily.

The move has overcome the last technical hurdle preventing overseas institutions from making strategic investments in mainland-listed companies. It has provided a channel for foreign investors to sell down shares in the markets after a lockup period.

Here comes a correction, which may drag on through next week as more investors are expected to sell. The index will move within a narrow range but probably gain support at the 1,300 line.

It's time for investors to unload over-valued chips to reap gains. Concerns of overcapacity still cloud some industries.

More detailed rules and measures are needed to beef up corporate governance. Now investors are eager to know when new share sales can resume and whether big-cap companies traded overseas will come back.

I think more dissidents will be sentenced to prison in 2000 than last year.