Bloomberg: "Devaluation Watch May Force China to Pay Premium on Dim Sum Debt"

Fion Li.  Bloomberg.  November 22nd, 2015.

China is set to pay more to sell sovereign bonds in Hong Kong than in the onshore market for the first time, as investors brace for the possibility of another yuan devaluation.

The Ministry of Finance will sell 14 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) of Dim Sum notes in the city this week, including 2 billion yuan to individuals. The yield on offshore yuan securities due 2020 was 3.39 percent on Nov. 20, 25 basis points higher than debt of the same maturity in Shanghai, suggesting the government will have to pay more to borrow outside of the country.