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China’s credit binge is the real concern

First published: Financial Times, 11/01/2016 Massive accumulation of debt has received passive attention at most

The volatility in China’s equity and currency markets in the first week of 2016 was reminiscent of August 2015,

First published: 5th August, 2015

It never rains but it pours.

First published, 14/03/2015 This is a longer version of the article published in the Financial Times on 12/03/2015

China set a new lower growth target of ‘about 7 percent’ at this year’s annual session of the National People’s Congress.

First published: The Financial Times, 12/03/2015 Rising debt levels threaten both financial and economic stability

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China set a lower growth target of “about 7 per cent” at last week’s session of the National People’s Congress.

First published: China Daily Europe, 6/03/2015

Economist sees a difficult transition,