The chatter resumed on Monday after financial news website Tencent Finance reported that Sunac China Holdings, which last month terminated a deal to acquire a majority stake in developer Greentown China Holdings, is in talks to buy part of Kaisa. The report said that Sunac carried out due diligence on Kaisa over the weekend. Neither Sunac or Kaisa officials were available to comment on the report. Kaisa were trading up by as much as 3.5 cents on the dollar across maturities by early afternoon on Monday after opening down by a similar amount. Its bonds due 2017 are trading at 58/61 cents after opening at a low of 54/56. Traders said that if Kaisa were to have a new controlling shareholder, then some bondholders might be able to take advantage of a "change of control" clause, which would mean the company would have to offer repurchase the bonds at a price equal to at least 101 per cent of their principal amount.