Local Government Debt Crisis Mounting in China

Penny Zhou
By Penny Zhou
September 12, 2020China in Focus
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Chinese authorities are calling on the country’s local governments to borrow and spend even more money in an effort to boost the struggling economy. But it comes as China continues to suffer a growing debt crisis.

The last time China went through an economic crisis in 2008, the authorities ordered the construction of roads, railways, and bridges to pump up the economy.

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