Schwarzman Deems China Defaults Good as Markets Embrace Failure

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You’d think two defaults in two days would be negative for markets in China.

Apparently, they’re not. Investors seem almost downright happy about missed interest payments by Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. and Baoding Tianwei Group Co. this week, and are responding by piling more money into the Asian nation’s securities.