We believe China Evergrande Group's weakening funding access will hamper its liquidity position and its ability to reduce debt in an orderly manner, which poses considerable risks amid credit tightening in the overall market. The China-based property developer's credit profile is also dragged down by what we believe to be a severe decline in profitability, as it needs to use more aggressive price promotions to drive sales and cash collection. On July 26, 2021, S&P Global Ratings downgraded Evergrande, Hengda Real Estate Group Co. Ltd., and Tianji Holding Ltd. to 'B-' from 'B+'. We also lowered our long-term issue rating on the U.S.-dollar notes issued by Evergrande and guaranteed by Tianji to 'CCC+' from 'B'. The negative outlook reflects the