Flight to safety whets appetite for Chinese dim sum

Splendid isolation: China's Ministry of Finance pushes ahead with its Rmb20 billion dim sum bond, ignoring the market rout.

<div style="text-align: left;"> An advert for China's dim sum bonds outside Bank of China in Hong Kong </div>

Denise Wee

August 12, 2011

Undeterred by the turmoil in global financial markets, the Chinese government is throwing its weight behind the nascent offshore renminbi market with plans to auction a massive Rmb20 billion ($3.1 billion) dim sum bond, its biggest to date.

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