This then allows the financial institutions to get the nonperforming asset off their balance sheets and replace them with new assets.

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But it generated a long list of consequences, including massive credit expansion, large local government borrowing, asset bubbles, potential nonperforming loans and overcapacity in some infrastructure areas.

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