Tencent plans to sell billions of dollars in bonds globally

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings is testing the market's appetite for a U.S. dollar bond deal it plans to offer, according to a term sheet reviewed by Reuters. The company said in a statement on Monday it planned to conduct an international offering of notes under a programme to certain professional investors and would use the proceeds raised for general corporate purposes.The previously announced programme had a maximum limit of $20 billion (16.38..