Evergrande chairman detainment: a sign of heightened state control?

Foreign investors should expect to suffer from Evergrande’s woes.

The investigations and detentions of current and former top executives of China Evergrande Group, formerly the biggest Chinese property developer by sales, signal that the Chinese government will exert more control of China’s troubled property market, industry observers suggest. They warn that foreign holders of Evergrande’s shares and bonds will be last in line to receive repayment, if any.

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