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Premier Li: China to extend rural land contracts by 30 years

In2018,theChinesegovernmentwillimplementthepolicyofextendingsecondroundrurallandcontractsbyanother30yearsupontheirexpiration,ChinesePremierLiKeqiangsaidonMonday

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China to add more rentals to ease housing headache

Chinawillbuildmorerentalhousingforpeopleincitieswherehousingpriceshaveleftpeopleunabletoaffordhomes.Besidesimposingpurchaserestrictionsandhighermortgagerateslas

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China introduces tough regulations on land reclamation form sea

Chinahasintroduceditstoughestregulationonlandreclamationalongthecountry'scoastline,vowingtodemolishillegallyreclaimedlandandstopapprovinggeneralreclamationproje

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Study: Quarter of land will be drier under 2°C warming

MorethanaquarterofEarth'slandsurfacewillbecome"significantly"drierevenifhumanitymanagestolimitglobalwarmingtotwodegreesCelsius,thegoalespousedintheParisAgreemen

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Shanghai to control population, land use

Shanghaiwillstrictlycontrolthesizeofitspopulationandtheamountofconstructionland,accordingtoadirectiveonageneralplanforthecity'sdevelopmentbetween2017and2035.Aso

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EU reaches agreement against climate change

TheEuropeanParliamentandtheEuropeanCouncilonThursdayreachedaprovisionalagreementonaccountingofemissionsfromlanduse,landusechangeandforestry(LULUCF).EuropeanCoun

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Polar bears crowd on Russian island in sign of Arctic change

AboatloadoftouristsinthefareasternRussianArcticthoughttheywereseeingclumpsoficeontheshore,beforethejaw-droppingrealisationthatsome200polarbearswereroamingonthem

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Has Mugabe's controversial land reform failed Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe's93-year-oldleaderRobertMugabehasruledthiscountrysinceitsindependencein1980,buthisdecades-longgriponpowerisslipping,withhisownpartytollinghimtoresign.D

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The big picture: Can China feed its population?

Forthousandsofyears,Chinesefarmerswerethebackboneofthecountry.Throughdecadesofdevelopment,Chinaisonlongerstrugglingforfood.Thecountrybelievesthatself-sufficienc

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Silence, speech, song at San Francisco's vigil for Charlottesville victims

It was mostly silent in an hour of vigil Saturday evening in downtown San Francisco, a city on the U.S. West Coast, for those who fell victim to the violence earlier in the day in Charlottesville, Virginia, in eastern United States.

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Shanghai strives to develop rental market

TwoparcelsoflandinShanghaiarebeingleasedfor"rentalresidentialprojects",thefirstofitskindinthecity,asthemetropolisencouragesthedevelopmentofavarietyofresidential

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IMF sets tough new Ukraine loan demands

The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it will only release a new tranche payment to Ukraine once parliament approves a long-stalled pension system overhaul and land privatisation legislation.

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Hong Kong to increase housing supply, seek development-conservation balance: chief executive

​The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government aims at expediting the increase of housing supply and seeking a balance between land development and conservation, Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said Wednesday.

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Shenzhen moves to stabilize property market

​Shenzhen on Tuesday rolled out a spate of measures, including higher down payments and purchase restrictions, in its latest attempt to stabilize the red-hot property market.

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Nanjing "land lottery" a first for China's soaring property market

City forced to find novel way to auction off plots as developers engage in bidding war

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Easy loans, land shortage fuel China home price hikes

​A surge in housing mortgage loans and an undersupply of construction land contributed to a sweeping increase in home prices across China.

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Shanghai "mulls realty price curbs"

Shanghai authorities are planning to discuss measures to cool property prices, including introducing stricter policies on financing for both home buyers and developers, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.