Loading ...Protests Break Out As Chinese Cities Drown Under $10 Trillion In Debt, Fail To Make Payments
About a third of China’s major cities are struggling to pay just the interest on debt they owe, according to a survey by Rhodium Group, a New York-based research firm. In one extreme case, in Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu province, interest payments were the equivalent of 74% of fiscal revenue in 2021. This is rapidly approaching the infamous “Minsky Moment” now that debt has moved beyond “mere” Ponzi financing levels.