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Bond default

Published: 10 Mar 2014 - 01:19 am | Last Updated: 26 Jan 2022 - 08:14 pm

An employee at the production line of Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy Science and Technology Co Ltd in Jiujiang. China recorded its first domestic bond default, when loss-making solar equipment producer missed an interest payment. The company said it could only pay out less than five percent of the 89m yuan in interest due on 1bn yuan worth of bonds issued in 2012.