Foreign investors shun corporate bonds in frenzy for Chinese debt

Holdings soar 54% to $445bn with focus on government securities

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- Foreign investment has poured into Chinese domestic bonds over the past year in pursuit of high yields at a time when interest rates in much of the world hover around zero. But amid a spate of defaults, foreign holdings of Chinese corporate debt have declined, according to official data.

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