We explore the global footprint of Chinese banks and compare it with that of other bank nationalities. Chinese banks … across all bank nationalities, we find that larger distances deter cross-border bank lending to EMDEs more than to AEs. For …

, bilateral economic interactions, like trade, FDI and portfolio investment, all positively correlate with cross-border bank …

Since the beginning of 1990s, the credit balance of the banking system in mainland China has experienced a big swing … balances are so large that the financial resources have been utilized inefficiently by the banking system. On the eve of China … provided and some possible solutions are given. China's accession to the WTO will present many challenges to the state …