Chinese banks' offshore debt shows impact of Evergrande crisis

Biggest drop in short-term borrowing since March 2016 reveals cash crunch

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Evergrande, which missed bond coupon payments last month, faces a new wave of debt deadlines in the coming days. © Reuters

IORI KAWATE, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- Offshore debt at Chinese banks took the biggest drop in five and a half years last fall, in what capital market watchers say points to a credit crunch triggered by cash-strapped property developer China Evergrande Group's brush with default.

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