China Bails Out Local Governments
China's State Council has acted to bail out to local governments which have racked up at least 10.7 trillion yuan (US$1.69 trillion) in debt steered through covert "financing vehicles" to finance a wave of development spending on empty housing complexes and over-developed infrastructure.
In the 2013 budget, the State Council granted 350 billion yuan in l…
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