{
  "id": 625644,
  "title": "China Revives Free-Trade Zone Bond Market After 2023 Crackdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/china-revives-free-trade-zone-bond-market-after-2023-crackdown-625644",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T01:26:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
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    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-12/china-revives-free-trade-zone-bond-market-after-2023-crackdown"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Signs of life are returning to the Shanghai free-trade zone’s bond market, which went quiet in late 2023 after Chinese authorities clamped down on excessive borrowing by local governments.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Post",
        "title": "China Revives Free-Trade Zone Bond Market After 2023 Crackdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/china-revives-free-trade-zone-bond-market-after-2023-crackdown",
        "published": "2026-08-12T01:48:15.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}