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Land prices in major China cities go soaring

What does it take to buy one fifth of China's largest property developer and become its single largest shareholder?

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WOW|The elders and youngsters in my hometown

I was sitting at the back of the bus, listening some English songs with the headset, on my way to my hometown- Xian tao. It has been nearly five years since the day I went to Beijing start my university life.

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China's fight to save its soil

War on soil pollution was officially declared in China on Tuesday with the release of an action plan to rehabilitate the country's vast tracts of poisoned land. Cleaning up the mess from decades of industrialization and questionable farming practices will be a long hard journey and the plan sets three significant milestones.

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Rapid recovery in China's property market may not be sustainable as developers pile on debt

Land prices in mainland Chinese cities continue to soar despite efforts by some city governments to cool down the market.

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Hong Kong land prices losing their sheen

Residential land prices in Hong Kong have fallen below the levels for some sites in mainland China, indicating the city’s property correction is deepening and the price gap with major cities like Shanghai is narrowing.

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Property analysts flag concern as developers fuel buying frenzy for land sites in China's second-tier cities

A building site in Xiamen fetched a record price at auction last week, as Poly Real Estate outbid 30 developers.

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Australian cattle thrive on rehabilitated mining land

​Australian cattle can thrive on land rehabilitated after mining, according to a study conducted by the New South Wales (NSW) state government.

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China's real estate land use plunges in 2015

​China's supply of state-owned construction land declined in 2015, with land used for real estate development dropping the most, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR).

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SpaceX launches ocean-monitoring satellite, but drone ship landing attempt fails again

​U.S. private spacecraft company SpaceX launched on Sunday morning the Jason-3 ocean-measuring satellite, but failed in its attempt to land the spent first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a ship in the Ocean.

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"Land kings" highlight China's dual-track property market

The return of "land kings" -- as plots sold at record prices are dubbed in China -- has highlighted duality in the property market.

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Indian gov't to allow land acquisition bill to lapse, says PM

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said his government would allow the controversial land acquisition bill to lapse because of the opposition it faced.

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Australian PM makes historic visit to gravesite of indigenous rights campaigner

​Tony Abbott will on Monday become Australia's first Prime Minister to visit the grave site of prominent land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo during his week- long tour of the Torres Strait Islands.

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A bumpy road to clean up China's contaminated land

The vast swathes of polluted land and contaminated ground water caused by decades of reckless development has left its mark on China: This is a threat that can no longer be ignored.

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World Day to Combat Desertification observed at Expo Milano 2015

​Land degradation is a growing threat to global security which needs the attention of the global community, officials and experts said here on Wednesday at the global observance of the World Day to Combat Desertification.

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China restricts land supply amid property downturn

Chinese land and housing authorities on Friday announced measures to regulate land supply for residential buildings over concerns of a glut of home supply.

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China seeks better rural-urban integration

Along with urban expansion in the past decades, China has been paying special attention to rural development in hope of building the countryside into another economic engine.

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Document to give legal tools to Chinese farmers

Even though land transfers and legal disputes have become synonymous in rural China, farmer Xie Yiman in Shanfeng Village, in east China's Anhui Province, did not hesitate for a second when leasing his land thanks to a new legal initiative.