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China’s $8.5 Trillion shadow banking is fully revived

By Bloomberg
19 April 2017   |   9:13 am
China's shadow banking is back in full swing, an unintended side effect of the government’s campaign against financial leverage, which has curbed traditional lending and squeezed bond financing.

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