China could see first principal default next week

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China could see first principal default next week

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Credit risk is escalating again in China’s onshore bond market, after Huatong Road & Bridge Group said on Wednesday that there would be “uncertainties” in paying interest and principal on one year commercial paper (CP) that falls due on July 23, because the chairman of the company is assisting with an investigation and has not yet returned.

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