China debt crunchChinese banks' offshore debt shows impact of Evergrande crisis
Biggest drop in short-term borrowing since March 2016 reveals cash crunch
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
January 20, 2022 04:33 JST
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.