HONG KONG: China's economic slowdown is exposing the debt debris in its banking sector.
Dodgy credits on the balance sheets of the country's four biggest lenders jumped by 28% to 592 billion yuan (US$92.8bil) in the first half of the year. Further deterioration would send earnings growth into reverse.
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