The Next Big Risk For China’s Economy Is $9 Trillion of Debt

Obligations held by local government financing vehicles have nearly doubled in five years 

Drivers on motor bikes in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

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Tremors in a key corner of China’s debt market are threatening to become the next force that will rattle the world’s second-largest economy.