Keep up with the latest news on Asia's biggest economy.Explore the China Focus hubChina’s high-speed rail and fears of fast track to debt Critics say project is dependent on unsustainable government subsidiesChina’s Belt and Road projects drive overseas debt fearsAmbitious programme dogged by doubts over ability to pay or high price tagsChina millennials’ love of credit cards raises debt fearsIn the latest part of an FT series, Tom Hancock and Wang Xueqiao look at the boom in household borrowingRegional lenders: China’s most dangerous banksIn the second part of an FT series, Gabriel Wildau and Yizhen Jia explain how reliance on short-term funding and exposure to the industrial economy have put some lenders at riskChina’s debt threat: time to rein in the lending boomIn the first piece of an FT series, Martin Wolf explains why the risks of a destructive slowdown are growing even within Beijing’s managed systemListen: The challenge of managing China's vast debtMore from this SeriesChina easing threatens to derail debt-cutting efforts Officials say stimulus is ‘fine tuning’ but critics warn of return to old playbookChina faces a tough test stabilising the renminbiWeaponising the currency would court mutually assured destructionChina’s state enterprises cut debt as private groups lever upIncreased borrowing by private groups softens economic impact of deleveraging
China’s high-speed rail and fears of fast track to debt Critics say project is dependent on unsustainable government subsidiesChina’s Belt and Road projects drive overseas debt fearsAmbitious programme dogged by doubts over ability to pay or high price tagsChina millennials’ love of credit cards raises debt fearsIn the latest part of an FT series, Tom Hancock and Wang Xueqiao look at the boom in household borrowingRegional lenders: China’s most dangerous banksIn the second part of an FT series, Gabriel Wildau and Yizhen Jia explain how reliance on short-term funding and exposure to the industrial economy have put some lenders at riskChina’s debt threat: time to rein in the lending boomIn the first piece of an FT series, Martin Wolf explains why the risks of a destructive slowdown are growing even within Beijing’s managed systemListen: The challenge of managing China's vast debtMore from this SeriesChina easing threatens to derail debt-cutting efforts Officials say stimulus is ‘fine tuning’ but critics warn of return to old playbookChina faces a tough test stabilising the renminbiWeaponising the currency would court mutually assured destructionChina’s state enterprises cut debt as private groups lever upIncreased borrowing by private groups softens economic impact of deleveraging