Evergrande credit risks, border controls

China’s banking system has large enough capital buffers to absorb an Evergrande collapse provided that the PBOC steps in to backstop the interbank market. Meanwhile, the one-sided reopening of the HK-mainland border says a lot about the priorities of Hong Kong officials and the continued caution of their mainland counterparts.

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