Is Zhong Shanshan really a bigger tycoon than Warren Buffett? On paper perhaps but the picture is different once liquidity is calculated. ( read original story ...)
How Much Will China’s Growth Stumble in 2021?
Michael Pettis, Houze Song, and Marco Polo China offer competing views on China's growth. I do not expect negative growth, rather a slowdown in growth. Here are some competing views. My take on how ... ( read original story ...)
Biz China Weekly: GDP, industrial output, retail sales, employment, property investment, SOE profits, FDI
China’s value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 2.8 percent year on year in 2020, data from the NBS showed. The growth accelerated from a rise of 2.3 percent registered ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai changes rules to stop couples from faking divorces as they vie for less up-front money to buy residential property
The move is an attempt to crack down on married couples who fake their separation on paper – but cohabiting in practise – to qualify for allotments or mortgage entitlement to buy property. ( read original story ...)
China Cracks Down on Fake Divorces That Let People Buy More Properties
A resurgence in real estate prices in Shanghai and Shenzhen has prompted authorities to rein in speculation, in line with the Chinese government’s resolve to keep the property market in check. ( read original story ...)
Shanghai imposes tougher rules on city’s property market
China's financial hub Shanghai will impose tougher regulations on its property market in response to a recent heating up of house trading in the city. ( read original story ...)
Guangzhou property market boosted by policies to transform industry, attract talent
Home prices in the city were already trending up last year according to two gauges. Its property market will continue to build on this momentum in 2021. ( read original story ...)
China-Europe shipping costs, Navalny jailed, Brookfield chief says real estate is undervalued
The cost of shipping goods from China to Europe has more than tripled in the past eight weeks as the pandemic disrupts global trade, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has been sent to prison ... ( read original story ...)
China’s property investment up 7 pct in 2020
China's investment in property development rose 7 percent year on year in 2020, picking up from the 6.8-percent increase in the first 11 months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. ( read original story ...)
Property prices climb at growing rate in China’s biggest cities
China's biggest cities saw a faster increase in prices of new residential houses and secondhand homes in December, official data showed, as analysts said demand for housing in competitive school ... ( read original story ...)