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China's local governments have supported growth through heavy borrowing and spending big, but their debt loads are another hurdle to China's development.
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Beijing needs an active consumer to drive economic growth, but Chinese households, with reason, don't want to play ...
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Commentary As China faces increasing debt pressures from years of excessive borrowing by consumers, state-owned companies, and local ...
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Beijing Can’t Fix China’s Economic Problems
Commentary China’s Central Economic Work Conference was concluded in Beijing on Dec. 13. This is a yearly central ...
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November 22, 2023
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Antonio Graceffo
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November 19, 2023
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Alex Wu
China’s Xi Makes Unprecedented Visit to Central Bank as Chinese Developers Struggle With Insolvency
News Analysis Chinese leader Xi Jinping paid his first-ever visit to the central bank on Oct. 24 since ...
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Chinese authorities admitted on March 19 that outbreaks of new COVID-19 cases occurred in "multiple cities at the ...
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The Chinese communist regime’s Ministry of Finance released the local governments’ bonds and debt balances for this year ...
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News Analysis At the close of 2020, China’s local government debt stood at $3.97 trillion. However, this does not ...
October 7, 2021
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