Asia Pacific

China’s Real Estate: EM Analysts on Edge as Great Wall of Redemptions Approaches

With spreads on record volumes of bonds issued by China’s real estate developers widening to near 2009 levels and a softening of the Chinese economy taking hold, some analysts have raised alarm bells – even going so far as to question whether a bubble, which some allege to be brewing, or other big shock to the sector could catalyse the next financial crisis. There is, however, good reason to believe those fears are overblown.