Evergrande Faces Make-or-Break Weekend for Bond Payment
- Cash-strapped Chinese developer is on the cusp of default
- Some bondholders may seek a standstill and debt talks
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Time is running out for China Evergrande Group to avoid default.
The embattled real estate giant has until this weekend to pay an $83.5 million bond coupon, a situation made more pressing by the recent collapse of talks to sell a stake in a unit for $2.6 billion. Speculation about a default has been swirling for months, stoking credit-market contagion among other cash-strapped developers and eroding confidence in a Chinese real estate market that by some measures accounts for more than a quarter of the economy.