China: Evergrande property developer founder pleads guilty

Founder of China's most indebted property giant pleads guilty in a landmark case, signaling a new phase in the sector's crisis. | Contesto: cronaca

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Hui Ka Yan, the founder and former chairman of the embattled Chinese property behemoth Evergrande Group, pleaded guilty to unspecified crimes in a court hearing in Hong Kong on Monday. The court stated that Hui "pleaded guilty and expressed remorse" during the proceedings, marking a dramatic fall for the man who once symbolized China's breakneck real estate boom. The guilty plea is the most significant legal development to date in the saga of Evergrande, which defaulted on its massive debts in 2021 and triggered a nationwide property crisis that continues to weigh on the world's second-largest economy. The case against Hui represents a pivotal moment in Beijing's multi-year campaign to deleverage the overheated property sector and impose discipline on its previously untouchable tycoons. Evergrande, which Hui founded in 1996, grew into a colossus with over 1,300 projects in more than 280 cities, becoming synonymous with China's economic miracle. Its business model, fueled by relentless borrowing to fund land purchases and rapid construction, mirrored that of the entire industry. However, the company's staggering liabilities, estimated at over $300 billion, ultimately made it the most indebted property developer in the world and the most prominent casualty of the government's crackdown on excessive leverage. The company's collapse was not merely a corporate failure but a systemic event. When Evergrande defaulted on its offshore debt obligations in late 2021, it sent shockwaves through global financial markets and exposed the fragile foundations of China's growth model, which had long relied on property and construction. The default froze the pre-sale market for new homes, shattered consumer confidence, and left countless suppliers and contractors unpaid. Most critically, it stranded hundreds of thousands of homeowners who had paid for apartments that were never finished, leading to widespread mortgage boycotts and social unrest that forced authorities to intervene. Hui's guilty plea, while expected following months of detention and investigation, formalizes the state's narrative that the crisis was driven in part by corporate malfeasance rather than solely by...

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