China's housing crisis deepens as Evergrande shares slide - BBC News

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Shares in the Chinese property firm Evergrande have fallen as problems in the country’s struggling housing market deepen – affecting the wider economy.

Its mainland unit Hengda Real Estate has defaulted on 4bn yuan (£449m; $547m) of debt, it revealed on Monday.

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines the background to the current crisis.

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