In2018,theChinesegovernmentwillimplementthepolicyofextendingsecondroundrurallandcontractsbyanother30yearsupontheirexpiration,ChinesePremierLiKeqiangsaidonMonday
Chinawillbuildmorerentalhousingforpeopleincitieswherehousingpriceshaveleftpeopleunabletoaffordhomes.Besidesimposingpurchaserestrictionsandhighermortgagerateslas
Chinahasintroduceditstoughestregulationonlandreclamationalongthecountry'scoastline,vowingtodemolishillegallyreclaimedlandandstopapprovinggeneralreclamationproje
MorethanaquarterofEarth'slandsurfacewillbecome"significantly"drierevenifhumanitymanagestolimitglobalwarmingtotwodegreesCelsius,thegoalespousedintheParisAgreemen
Shanghaiwillstrictlycontrolthesizeofitspopulationandtheamountofconstructionland,accordingtoadirectiveonageneralplanforthecity'sdevelopmentbetween2017and2035.Aso
TheEuropeanParliamentandtheEuropeanCouncilonThursdayreachedaprovisionalagreementonaccountingofemissionsfromlanduse,landusechangeandforestry(LULUCF).EuropeanCoun
AboatloadoftouristsinthefareasternRussianArcticthoughttheywereseeingclumpsoficeontheshore,beforethejaw-droppingrealisationthatsome200polarbearswereroamingonthem
Zimbabwe's93-year-oldleaderRobertMugabehasruledthiscountrysinceitsindependencein1980,buthisdecades-longgriponpowerisslipping,withhisownpartytollinghimtoresign.D
Forthousandsofyears,Chinesefarmerswerethebackboneofthecountry.Throughdecadesofdevelopment,Chinaisonlongerstrugglingforfood.Thecountrybelievesthatself-sufficienc
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.
TwoparcelsoflandinShanghaiarebeingleasedfor"rentalresidentialprojects",thefirstofitskindinthecity,asthemetropolisencouragesthedevelopmentofavarietyofresidential
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.
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.
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.
City forced to find novel way to auction off plots as developers engage in bidding war
A surge in housing mortgage loans and an undersupply of construction land contributed to a sweeping increase in home prices across China.
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.