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Institutions

Banks, the regulatory architecture, and the machinery of financial risk resolution.

Institutions5 Jun 2026
Vincent Cheung

How China resolves financial risk: property, local debt, and shadow banking

China's approach to financial risk runs through three connected fronts at once, property-sector stress, local-government financing-vehicle debt, and s…

Institutions12 May 2026
Vincent Cheung

China's banking system: structure, margins, and asset quality

China's banking system is organised into five regulatory categories, with six large state-owned commercial banks anchoring the system by asset size.