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China Evergrande default fears haunt investors as Beijing stands back, for now

Default fears continued to stalk China Evergrande Group on Tuesday despite efforts by its chairman to lift confidence in the embattled firm, as markets looked for possible intervention by Beijing to stem any domino effects across the global economy.

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