Chinese State Media Editor Warns Evergrande Over Dreaming of a State Bailout

Chinese State Media Editor Warns Evergrande Over Dreaming of a State Bailout
The Evergrande name and logo outside the construction site of a housing complex in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2021. Greg Baker/AFP
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Struggling Evergrande Group should save itself from collapse rather than bet on a government bailout, said Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece media Global Times.

Over the years, China’s second-largest property developer Evergrande Group has been highly leveraged by driving its growth on debt. Its $300 billion in total liabilities now equal two percent of China’s 2020 GDP.

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