HONG KONG -- Chinese local governments are rushing to shore up their finances as fears mount that borrowing by the public sector could become the next crunch point for the country's $50 trillion financial system.
Fears grow over local government finances after multiyear spending spree

Local government entities have been some of China's biggest borrowers. © Reuters
HONG KONG -- Chinese local governments are rushing to shore up their finances as fears mount that borrowing by the public sector could become the next crunch point for the country's $50 trillion financial system.