Cartoon: Marital Separation and Real Estate Speculation
Authorities in Shanghai have recently cracked down on rumors of tightening real estate...
Sep 8, 2016
Authorities in Shanghai have recently cracked down on rumors of tightening real estate...
Dec 18, 2013
As of December 17, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
Oct 24, 2013
Following a rebound in the housing market, authorities in Beijing have announced its plans to...
Oct 23, 2013
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Sep 26, 2013
Wall Street Journal’s China Realtime Report covers a recently released report from a CLSA...
Aug 10, 2013
Government efforts to urbanize China's population by building new towns are failing due to a lack of local jobs; one of the many newly constructed towns, Tieling, remains empty because residents cannot find employment: Urban...
Oct 3, 2012
Editor’s Note: The CDT Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon is a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online “resistance discourse,” used to...
Aug 4, 2012
Residential property prices in Qianhai, an economic development zone near Hong Kong, has partly surpassed those of Shenzhen, generating debate over the effectiveness of the government’s economic stimulus plan, as well as the...
Jul 4, 2012
China seems to have taken a symptom of their real-estate bubble with them in their continued investment in Africa. Over the last three years, state-owned China International Trust and Investment Corporation (中国中信集团公司) has built...
Jul 3, 2012
China's real-estate market, after experiencing a 2-year recession, appears to be warming up again. The bounce has temporarily eased both domestic and international concerns over China’s slowing economy. From Bob Davis and...
May 22, 2012
Against a swelling chorus of bearism, Arthur Kroeber argues that China is likely to continue its economic ascent. But, he writes, although “China will likely surpass the United States as the world’s top economy … until it...
May 10, 2012
The Wall Street Journal’s Tom Orlik emerges from the financial weeds and writes that official government data glosses over a growing mountain of liabilities weighing on China’s publicly listed property developers...
Dec 6, 2011
Amid growing concerns about the economy and the collapse of the Euro, there are added worries that China’s campaign to deflate housing prices will go too far. While Beijing has eased credit policies to regulate inflation,...
Nov 11, 2011
The Chinese government hiked interest rates and tightened limits on bank lending and mortgage availability in an effort to tame inflation and prevent a stimulus-induced housing bubble from bursting, and The New York Times notes...
Oct 17, 2011
As Steve Jobs’ death triggered enormous reactions from Chinese netizens, the Beijing real estate tycoon Pan Shiyi has also joined the wave by posting the following tweet on his microblog: @Pan Shiyi: Apple’s board of directors...
Mar 30, 2011
Exorbitant housing prices have long been both a social and political problem in China. The central government has placed regulating the housing market as a top priority. Beijing, following the lead of other Chinese cities, is...
Mar 9, 2011
The Chinese government has announced plans to build affordable housing to help calm the surging property market. From the Guardian: China will spend nearly $200bn (£123bn) on the scheme, part of plans to build 36m low-cost homes...
Apr 29, 2010
ChinaGeeks translates a candid article from China Youth Daily about the housing crisis and corruption: Housing is meant to be a one of the basic necessities of life, but at present it has become a very common problem. If the...