Thomas Lam, senior director at property consultancy Knight Frank, said the arrival of any new players from mainland China would make it even harder for mid- and small-sized local property developers to acquire new land.…
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China's property market to see slower sales growth in 2017: Moody's
BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — Moody’s Investors Service expects China’s property market to show a slower pace of sales growth in 2017 following tightened regulations to ease an overheated market. “We expect nationwide contracted sales…
Alibaba's Ant Financial buys MoneyGram for $880m
Ant Financial has a big market share in the online payments industry in China. The acquisition could help the company extend the lead as well as expand overseas, as competition is growing in China with…
Luxury brands clock up China growth
High-end spending is back on the agenda in China, as consumers there “reshored” the luxury purchases they previously made on overseas trips. Foot traffic rose in opulent Shanghai malls, Swiss watch sales shot up and…
Hilarious Brand Counterfeits Travelers Spotted In China
There are a lot of counterfeit goods all over the world but no one does it better than China. China is no doubt one of the best tourist destinations in the world with its rich…
Brands need to think ahead to avoid trademark issues in China
News that Penfolds owner, Treasury Wine Estates, has succeeded in their court proceedings against a ‘trademark squatter’ is a stark reminder of the need for brand owners to ensure they have sufficient intellectual property protection…
Ranking China's global brand builders
As the Chinese economy continues its transition from low-cost production to high-quality premium brands, the new year began with the release of the first BrandZ Top 30 Chinese Brand Builders’ ranking and report earlier this…
4 Reasons I'm Buying China Mobile Ltd. (ADR) Stock
As the biggest wireless carrier in China (and the world) with 849 million customers, China Mobile’s moat is nearly impossible for any rival to cross. Between last January and December, China Mobile’s total customer base…
China's gamble for global supremacy in era of Trump
Meanwhile the leader of Communist China rebranded his prickly protectionist power as the defender of globalisation and shared values. So after week one in this upside down new world, how stands China’s bid for global…
China 2016 property investment rises 6.9 pct y/y, sales jump to 7-year high
BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) – China’s real estate investment rose 6.9 percent in 2016, official data showed on Friday, as national sales posted their strongest annual growth in seven years thanks to a furious property…
Chinese 2017 growth in question with the arrival of Trump, the property market cooling and currency still unsettled
Such a strategy cannot last forever,” he added, while anticipating slower growth in 2017, mainly dragged down by property and automobile sales. Macquarie bases China’s better-than-expected growth in 2016 on 22 per cent growth in…
Apple’s legal battle with Qualcomm reaches China
Apple has filed two lawsuits against Qualcomm in China, extending a legal battle with its longtime chip-supplier into the world’s biggest market for smartphones. The suits, which Apple said it filed on Monday in Beijing’s…
China should cap new home prices to avoid 'severe' problems – state researcher
BEIJING China should urgently solve problems in its property market by putting a cap on the prices at which new homes are sold, a researcher for the cabinet was quoted as saying on Wednesday by…
