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Property company China Fortune Land Development has missed payments on Rmb5.255bn ($813m) of onshore debt, adding to concerns about its liquidity condition and access to funding.

The share prices of key subsidiaries of HNA Group took a beating on Monday after the beleaguered Chinese conglomerate announced a bankruptcy restructuring. One of its companies, Hainan Airlines Holding Co, also forecast $10bn of losses for 2020.

Mainland-based healthcare sector issuers SciClone Phamaceuticals (Holdings), New Horizon Health and Joinn Laboratories (China) kicked off pre-deal investor education for their Hong Kong IPOs on Monday.

A blistering pace of supply in Asia’s dollar bond market in January is set to continue, with more borrowers preparing to print deals this week ahead of the Chinese New Year holidays. But DCM bankers say there are some signs of rising pressure.

Suzhou Basecare Medical Corp has wrapped up its Hong Kong IPO. It was set to price the deal on Monday at the top of the marketed range, according to a source familiar with the matter.

In this round-up, China’s official and the Caixin manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Indexes fall amid a resurgence of local Covid-19 infections, creditors demand a bankruptcy reorganisation of beleaguered conglomerate HNA Group, and Xiaomi Corp files a lawsuit against the US’s decision to add it to a list of Chinese companies with alleged military ties.

In this round-up, Chinese president Xi Jinping warns of international confrontations from a ‘new cold war’, regulators plan deeper capital market reforms and increased oversight of internet finance platforms, and European insurance giant Allianz receives approval for China’s first fully foreign-owned insurance asset management company.

CMB Financial Leasing Co had to navigate hurdles around structure, timing and pricing for its dual-tranche bond outing this week, managing to bag $800m from a $2.7bn order book.

Bank of China Hong Kong has sold the first Yulan bond, a new asset class that was only launched in December, raising $500m from the market. But the deal saw limited interest as investors come to grips with the product.

CDH Investments has pocketed HK$1.81bn ($232.m) after offloading a chunk of shares in Topsports International Holdings, a Chinese sportswear retailer.

Chinese video-sharing platform Kuaishou Technology is generating huge demand for its IPO, which could be worth as much as HK$42bn ($5.4bn). The deal, set to be the largest primary listing globally since 2019, shows the growing interest around short video companies. Jonathan Breen reports.

China is allowing banks to issue perpetual bonds with an equity conversion provision, an attempt to balance the need to help smaller lenders shore up their capital with a desire to protect investors. Addison Gong reports.