China’s bad loans from the real estate sector will increase by at least 20 percent this year as a campaign by regulators batters the property market, according to a survey of lenders and bad-loan managers.…
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Ambitious plans for Southern China megalopolis trigger big hopes and fears in Hong Kong
It is now one of the world’s industrial engines, whose cities have among the highest per capita incomes in China. Property agents in southern China said they had seen a jump so far this year…
China Says It Protects Foreign Firms’ Intellectual Property
China has fulfilled its commitments to the World Trade Organization and protects the intellectual property rights of foreign firms, according to a government report released on Thursday. “China has been a strong advocate for free…
Whack-a-mole: China steps up property market scrutiny in 30 cities
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it would renew efforts to crack down on property irregularities in 30 major cities this year, mobilizing powers from seven major Chinese government agencies in a concerted effort…
Whack-a-mole: China steps up property market scrutiny in 30 major cities
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Thursday it would renew efforts to crack down on property irregularities in 30 major cities from July to end-December, mobilizing powers from seven major Chinese government agencies in a…
Fearing Yuan’s Slide, China Puts New Limits on Property Companies’ Bonds
SHANGHAI—China’s top economic planning body has told the country’s heavily indebted property companies to curb their issuance of dollar-denominated bonds, a sign of Beijing’s concern about the side effects of the yuan’s recent slide. In…
The Good Times Are Over for China’s Property Stocks
The long-awaited crunch for Chinese property stocks is finally here. These domestically focused companies might seem to have little connection with global trade fights. But those tensions have caused the yuan to slide this week.…
China Escalates Crackdown on Property Speculation in 30 Cities
China escalated a crackdown on property speculation, saying it is embarking on a six-month campaign in 30 cities to root out violations in the housing market. The special campaign will target unlicensed real estate agencies,…
Whack-a-mole: China steps up property crackdown in 30 major cities
China said on Thursday it would renew efforts to crack down on property irregularities in 30 major cities from July to end-December, mobilizing powers from seven major Chinese government agencies in a concerted effort to…
China to crack down on property irregularities in 30 major cities
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will crack down on property irregularities in 30 major cities from July to the end of December, according to a notice posted on the housing ministry’s website on Thursday. The crackdown…
China’s eerie ghost cities a ‘symptom’ of the country’s economic troubles and housing bubble
… in places that end up being ghost cities because they believe in the ability of the Chinese property market to only go up and up and up,” he said. China’s housing vacancy rates, like…
China has consolidated property ownership data, but to levy tax is a separate struggle
It took five years but China finally completed the consolidation of a national real estate information database last week, retiring the patchwork registration system that deprived authorities of a clear picture of property ownership across…
Donald Trump will protect American farmers from China’s trade retaliation: Sonny Perdue
Those seeds, the result of years of research and millions of dollars of American investment, now stand as one of countless pieces of evidence in the case against China for intellectual property theft and unfair…
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