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Evergrande could topple Chinese property market built ‘on stilts’

The fallout from the Evergrande crisis could be “far worse” for investors in China than the collapse of Lehman Brothers was for the US.

Short seller Jim Chanos said the real damage would come because Evergrande’s troubles pointed to the end of the property-driven growth model in the world’s second-largest economy.

He added that Evergrande was only notable because it was the biggest of a bunch.

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