CNN —China’s Evergrande Group — once the country’s second-largest property developer — filed for bankruptcy in New York on Thursday.
Evergrande filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection, which allows a US bankruptcy court to step in when an insolvency case involves another country.
Chapter 15 bankruptcy is intended to help promote cooperation between US courts, debtors, and other countries’ courts involved in cross-border bankruptcy proceedings.
But Evergrande’s 2021 default sent shockwaves through China’s property markets, damaging homeowners and the broader financial system in the country.
Evergrande is a massive company with more than 1,300 real estate projects in more than 280 cities, according to its website.
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CNN, China’s, Shimao, NWTN, EV
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New York, Beijing, China, Dubai