Klaus Baader, Global Chief Economist, Societe Generale discussed what we learned from Angela Merkel’s trip to China with Bryan Curtis and Juliette Saly. He goes on to look into whether China is doing enough to…
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Why China’s property market won’t crash for now
When President Xi Jinping declared last year that houses are “for living in, not for speculation”, it was the clearest indication yet that keeping the country’s housing market bubble under control remains firmly at the…
Chinese property agents ‘punished for poor attitude’ by dancing outside in underwear
A video showing four men who were forced to dance on the street wearing only their underwear because of their poor performance at work has been widely shared online in China. The men shown in…
In Cambodia’s capital, Chinese buyers pump luxury property bubble
Five property showrooms Reuters visited in Phnom Penh … which he felt was more stable than China’s yuan, as well as the six percent annual rental return guaranteed by the Taiwanese developer building his 80…
Singapore Property Firm Switches Bets from China to Europe
Less than four years after its public offering as a play on China’s red-hot property market, Singapore’s First Sponsor Group Ltd. is banking on continental Europe to fuel earnings growth. “We expect growth predominantly to…
China property tax push could spark sell-off
Two decades after the privatization of China’s housing market, the government is moving cautiously toward imposing a property tax to instill order and combat a potentially destabilizing increase in debt. Beijing’s squeamishness is understandable; over…
Chinese city of Taiyuan unveils fresh property curbs, joins six others
Last week, China’s housing ministry told governments in 12 cities to rein in their fast-rising property prices and step up regulations, stressing that policies to control prices and prevent speculative investment will not be changed…
China property investment growth slows and sales dip on increased curbs – Report
Financial Review reported that China’s property investment growth slowed in April while sales marked their biggest fall in six months as higher borrowing costs and increased curbs on buyers weighed on demand, backing views that…
Kudlow Says China Offered ‘at Least’ $200 Billion in New Trade
China offered to reduce its trade surplus with the U.S. by … We have to have a verifiable process whereby the technology transfers and the theft of intellectual property stops.” Earlier on Friday a Chinese…
A North Korea border town is now China’s fastest-growing home market
A tourism and economic boom are propelling the cities in Hainan, China’s southernmost island province with free trade concessions. The rises could have been bigger. Around 50 cities across the mainland had residential property curbs…
Sen. Portman on Trump’s meeting with China trade officials
So, no question about that. And one of the issues that he’s focused with China, as you know, is intellectual property, the fact that they take our secrets and use them. And so it’s real.…
Trump’s $60 billion in China tariffs will create more problems than they solve
The tariffs are meant to address two problems: Intellectual property theft by China and a steep and persistent trade deficit. As an economist and expert in international trade, I don’t see how the proposed tariffs…
UPDATE 2-China property investment growth slows, sales dip on increased curbs
* April property investment +10.2 pct y/y, vs +10.8 pct in March – Reuters calculation * Property sales -4.1 pct, vs +3.2 pct in March – Reuters calculation * New construction starts +2.9 pct, vs…
