Die chinesischen paramilitärischen Polizisten stehen Wache vor einer Masse von Menschen Schlange, die außerhalb einer Niederlassung der PBOC (Peoples Bank of China), China cent
Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of a crowd of people queueing up outside a branch of the PBOC (Peoples Bank of China), Chinas central bank, hoping get interest-free loans in Beihai city, south Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autnomous Region, 9 July 2013. A branch of the Peoples Bank of China in Guangxi autonomous region had to suspend operations after it was flooded by more than a thousand people hoping to get interest-free loans from Chinas central bank. The Peoples Bank of China is a national financial administrative organ, not a commercial bank, the branch in the coastal city of Beihai said in a statement, which was distributed among the crowd of loan applicants outside the bank on Tuesday (9 July 2013). The branch does not process any individual grants or credit card applications, and certainly does not grant interest-free loans or subsidised loans to anyone, it said. The PBOC branch temporarily stopped offering personal credit reports to individuals on Tuesday, days after it said criminals had spread rumours that the bank would grant interest-free and subsidised loans to anyone who could show a credit report. The central banks Beihai branch said the number of people requesting credit reports started to increase last month. On Friday, the bank had more people queueing up than it could handle. At the weekend, hundreds of people gathered outside the branch.
