China’s economy grew 6.8% in the first quarter of 2018, slightly faster than expected, buoyed by strong consumer demand and surprisingly robust property investment. Earlier in January, the IMF raised its forecast for China’s economic…
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US should uphold consensus on China trade deal
the White House on Tuesday announced it is ready to pull the trigger on tariffs and other measures to protect US technology and intellectual property from what it called China’s “discriminatory” trade practices. Although China…
Sign that entrepreneurs’ rights are better protected: China Daily editorial
And the decision by the Supreme People’s Court to quash Zhang’s conviction demonstrates that the Communist Party of China Central Committee is resolved to strengthen the protection of property and entrepreneurs’ lawful rights and interests,…
Chinese property developers see higher concentration ratios
A property model attracts visitors during an industry expo in Dongguan, Guangdong province. [Photo by An Dong/For China Daily] BEIJING – Chinese property developers saw higher concentration ratios last year as fewer companies took larger…
Property market seeing flurry of foreign activity
With economic growth and structural transformation, the property market, especially office buildings, in the Greater Bay Area and other areas in China will see a substantial amount of development, according to a market investment report…
US and China clash over Donald Trump’s intellectual property claims at WTO meeting
Chinese and US envoys sparred at the World Trade Organisation on Monday over US President Donald Trump’s claims that China steals American ideas, the subject of two lawsuits and a White House plan to slap…
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Hardest For China
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…
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…