ChinaÆs bonsai banks say itÆs all about size

Municipal lender Bank of Shanghai''s attempt to expand into a neighbouring city challenges the bank sectorÆs status quo.
March 12, 2003

China's city commercial banks, nicknamed 'bonsai banks' for the government prohibition on setting up branches outside their native cities, are kicking up a fuss. They want to grow.

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