SHANGHAI: A Chinese technology firm said on Tuesday it cannot meet a 241 million yuan ($39 million) debt repayment, making it the first company to default on corporate bond principal in modern China.

Cloud Live Tech Group said in a statement to the Shenzhen stock exchange it was unable to pay principal and interest on a five-year, 480 million yuan bond issue sold in 2012.

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