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Chinese banks’ profits suffer biggest drop in more than a decade

China’s major banks reported their biggest profit drops in more than a decade, as the economic impact of the pandemic led them to take large provisions against potential bad loans.

China’s top four banks, which account for more than a third of the industry’s total assets, all said net profit fell more than 10% year-over-year in the first half, according to stock-exchange filings on Sunday.

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