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Divergent housing market performance in large, smaller cities

With supportive policies targeted at the property sector taking effect, the housing market in China's metropolitans has witnessed a revival while recovery in smaller cities remains mild due to the size of inventories and other headwinds.

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China introduces tiered pricing to save water

All cities in China should be charging tiered prices for household water by the end of 2015, to encourage people to use less water.