A residential building of Country Garden in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province.
A residential building of Country Garden in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province.
  • Leading Chinese developer Country Garden avoided a debt-default last week with an 11th-hour coupon payment.
  • But this may have provided only a temporary relief for the Asian nation's ailing property sector.
  • The embattled industry faces a cocktail of headwinds that may continue to drag on China's economy.

Despite one of China's largest developers dodging a debt default with a last-gasp payment this month, the nation's ailing property sector teeters on a knife-edge.