The huge scale of Chinese government intervention to staunch a stock market sell-off has been revealed by reports showing the country’s biggest state-owned banks have provided the equivalent of more than $200bn to help prop up equities.  Much larger than previously disclosed, the lending to the country’s margin finance agency highlights the sense of urgency with which top officials viewed the threat to the financial system and the broader economy as the stock market cratered earlier this month.

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