28.03.2022_Edi

Evergrande is bankrupt – that much has been clear for months. Still, a formal bankruptcy of the real estate group is not in sight. In Germany, the company would long have been charged with bankruptcy fraud. In China, however, companies have enough room to delay the inevitable. Elske Fehl-Weileder, an expert in Chinese bankruptcy law, explains in an interview with Christian Domke Seidel what lies behind this strategy and why bankruptcy can also be an opportunity for a fresh start in China.