
Country Garden, Chinese Real Estate Giant, Defaults on Debt
Chinese real estate giant Country Garden has announced that it is unable to repay a loan and expects to miss upcoming overseas debt payments due to plummeting sales amid China's worsening property crisis. The company, once China's largest homebuilder, is facing approximately $187 billion in liabilities and is one of the biggest casualties of the country's imploding real estate market. Country Garden has been selling off assets and negotiating with creditors to restructure liabilities or delay payments, but its struggle to sell new apartments has severely impacted its cash flow. The company's presales of unfinished apartments fell for a sixth straight month in September, down 81% from the same month last year.




