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May 11, 2012

China's Big Banks Built on Quicksand

Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg

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After spending time combing through the financial reports of China’s biggest publicly traded, state- owned banks, I now understand what Jim Chanos, the famous short- seller, means when he keeps saying they are “built on quicksand.” He’s definitely on to something.

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