Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Debt-crippled Evergrande vows ‘full steam ahead’ to deliver homes

Debt-crippled

BEIJING: Embattled Chinese firm Evergrande will deliver almost four times the number of housing units to buyers in December than in the previous three months, its chairman said, as the real estate behemoth grapples with massive debts. Evergrande, drowning in $300 billion in liabilities, has struggled to repay bondholders and investors after becoming ensnared in Beijing’s … Read more

Lucky phone number bought for $300,000 by a Chinese

lucky phone number

A Chinese man brought a “lucky” Chinese phone number for a whopping 2.25 million yuan or $300,000 in an online action. The number ends in five eights, a sought-after combination in China as the word “eight” in Mandarin sounds similar to the word for “prosperity”. The number was among assets seized and ordered auctioned by … Read more