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While Wall Street obsesses over China’s “Big Four” state banks, a dozen agile financial innovators—China’s joint-stock commercial banks (JSCBs)—are quietly rewriting the rules of Asian banking. Controlling 19% of China’s $68 trillion banking assets, these hybrids blend private-sector hustle with systemic importance. For global investors, understanding their evolution isn’t just academic—it’s key to unlocking the next decade of Sino-financial growth. I. Origins: How China Built Its Answer to JPMorgan Chase The 1980s LaboratoryBorn from Deng Xiaoping’s market reforms, JSCBs emerged to break state banking monopolies: US ParallelsUnlike America’s community banks, JSCBs were designed as regional powerhouses with national ambitions—imagine if Silicon Valley Bank merged with Capital One and added policy mandates. II. Four Evolutionary Leaps (1987-Present) 1. Wild West Growth (1987–1997) 2....

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