SeveralcentralBanks in the region, including the People'sbankof China, the bank ofKorea and the Hong KongMonetaryAuthority, havegiven warnings about the riskofassetbubbles.
On December 10th, Wang Xuebing, the former head ofBankofChina in HongKong (the listed arm of one of the mainland's big four state-owned banks) was jailed for 12 years for graft.