{"id":17282,"date":"2014-06-16T01:06:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T01:06:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-06-16T01:06:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T01:06:57","slug":"China-Inc-borrows-14-trillion-overtakes-US-as-top-corporate-borrower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17282","title":{"rendered":"China Inc borrows $14 trillion, overtakes US as top corporate borrower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Chinese corporate bond market has overtaken the United States as the world&#8217;s biggest and is set to soak up a third of global company debt needs over the next five years<\/strong>, according to rating agency Standard &#038; Poor&#8217;s, underscoring the growing risk China&#8217;s debt market is imposing on the global financial system.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese corporate borrowers owed $14.2 trillion (8.37 trillion pounds) at the end of 2013 versus $13.1 trillion owed by U.S. corporations with the switch in rankings taking place a year 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