The Independent Boom...or bust: Is China heading for big trouble? | A surge in bank lending. A speculative rush to buy houses - not just second properties, but third or fourth homes. Soaring property prices. Banks hiding the loans off their balance sheets. Surely it... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
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