The cryptocurrency is not recognised as a means of payment by the official structures: banks do not accept it and
Chinese financial system does not protect bitcoin owners in the case of stock exchange crisis.
We already knew that
the Chinese financial system was completely distorted from years of regulatory repression and crony capitalism, as a whole new report on finance in China by The Economist demonstrates (see the editorial here, and the report starting here).
She chairs the Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) research network and has published in English and Mandarin on Asia's rise; the future of the Indian and Chinese economies in the world economy;
the Chinese financial system; and Chinese innovation.
In particular, the Chinese central bank has been making headlines and disturbing the «easy money fan club» by daring to slow the growth of aggressive lending within
the Chinese financial system by limiting liquidity growth to the financial system as a whole.
Remember that
the Chinese financial system does not really «do» defaults.
GF: Global investors worry about the state of
the Chinese financial system.
In particular, what inferences should be drawn about the state of
the Chinese financial system?
Some believe that
the Chinese financial system, and perhaps the shadow banking system more specifically, took a number of wrong steps, compounded by the lack of discipline among local governments, and created a debt problem.
In her analysis, Ms. Chu estimates that at the end of 2016, as much as 22 percent of
the Chinese financial system's loans and assets will be «nonperforming,» a banking industry term used to describe when a borrower has fallen behind on payments or is stressed in ways that make full repayment unlikely.
Leland Miller, an expert on
the Chinese financial system and president of data analytics firm, China Beige Book International, visited Global Finance to discuss China's official economic statistics and the financial implications of the upcoming political transition.
The offering is just one of a spate of barely regulated, highly opaque investments that are posing a growing threat to
the Chinese financial system.
Not exact matches
The prospect of the first major default connected with the
Chinese shadow banking
system sent shock waves through the
financial markets of emerging economies.
Recognising growing risks in the
financial sector, the
Chinese authorities took a range of evasive actions to reduce risks in the banking
system.
Chinese regulators have become increasingly concerned that some of the biggest conglomerates have borrowed so much that they could pose risks to the
financial system.
While many
Chinese cryptocurrency businesses have moved their operations to Hong Kong or to various offshore locations in the Caribbean, moving to the United States would allow them to integrate into the US
financial system, a great boon to both businesses and investors alike.
While it may seem as though
Chinese authorities have started to get a grip on shadow banking, Moody's also warns that the ability of the formal
financial system to replace shadow credit lines «may not be a perfect substitute».
Indeed, the
Chinese central bank had to launch an intervention of its own to combat the rise in price of money; Bloomberg reported that the People's Bank of China injected $ 8.2 billion into that nation's
financial system to combat an abrupt increase in interest rates.
Leland describes the
Chinese reform as a reversal of
financial repression and this repression in the context of the
Chinese economy is the oppression of consumers and households by state organizations through its economic
systems.
While some of the yuan's weakness can be attributed to investors» concerns about China's slowing economy and latent risks in its
financial system, there is also a growing perception that the
Chinese central bank has been proactively undermining expectations for the yuan to relentlessly appreciate.
The
Chinese shadow banking
system is now a well - known
financial Frankenstein, with multiple asset management companies, wealth management products and other off - balance sheet entities providing around half the country's credit volume.
Bestselling author,
financial economist (and Oxford alumnus) Dambisa Moyo argues in her new book that the rise of China is generating unanticipated consequences for the international
system and that no one — bar the
Chinese Communist Party — is actively thinking about how to handle the long term fallout of these seismic shifts.
Their primary recommendation is that the
Chinese government should consider scaling up «effective targeting of
financial support and subsidies, while improving the
financial incentive
system for NEVs.»
Differing Educational Strageties Louie found that
Chinese - American parents» strategies to improve opportunities for their children differ greatly, depending on the families» social class,
financial means, and access to information about the educational
system.
As to stress in the
financial system, comparisons to the
chinese water torture come to mind.
Finally the book fails to develop the details of China's economic /
financial system, and as such, falls into the hole that China bulls often do, neglecting the huge buildup of bad debt inside the major
Chinese banks.
The increase in gold premiums in China over spot gold prices in recent months may indicate
Chinese investor anxiety over the election of Donald Trump or coincidently growing nervousness within China over the fragility of its
financial system that is being tested with failures in the shadow banking sector.
«Among other things,
Chinese officials have worried that online currencies could ultimately serve as an alternative to China's official currency, the renminbi, and have an impact on the country's
financial system.»
Moreover, it will enable the country to modernise its
financial system and move away from its precarious reliance on debt - driven, export - led growth to an economy based on services and consumption, therefore lifting the standard of living and more importantly the quality of life for ordinary
Chinese.
Economists worry that
Chinese companies are borrowing too much money outside the scrutiny of regulators and planting too many potential debt bombs in the corners of China's
financial system.
Earlier this week, Yonhap News reported representatives from the Korean
Financial Services Commission met with their Japanese and
Chinese counterparts to discuss a «detailed
system of cooperation» for cryptocurrency regulation.
In the long term, however, if Bitcoin continues to grow, the
Chinese government will undoubtedly allow Bitcoin to interface with the mainstream
financial system in due time - that is, of course, if Bitcoin and other more powerful crypto -
financial networks do not outright replace it.
One of the reasons why China may ban exchanges is because
Chinese people started using Bitcoin to move money outside the country — a move that could devalue Yuan in the long run and create disorder in the
financial system.
In an interview with the Australian
Financial Review, Hayden said Huawei had «shared with the
Chinese state intimate and extensive knowledge of the foreign telecommunications
systems it is involved with,» although he did not detail what the evidence was.
«China should cooperate with international law enforcement to investigate how indigenous
Chinese underground
financial systems, virtual currencies, and trade - based value transfer are used for illicit outbound transfers, and to receive inbound remittances and criminal proceeds,» the INLEA
«China should cooperate with international law enforcement to investigate how indigenous
Chinese underground
financial systems, virtual currencies, and trade - based value transfer are used for illicit outbound transfers, and to receive inbound remittances and criminal proceeds,» the INLEA report concludes.
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