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Economic Watch: China's home market continues stabilizing on purchase curbs

From Harbin in the far north, to Shenzhen in the deep south, property markets in China's most prosperous cities are finally cooling as tough home purchase restrictions begin to bite.

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China's home market continues stabilizing on purchase curbs

FromHarbininthefarnorth,toShenzheninthedeepsouth,propertymarketsinChina'smostprosperouscitiesarefinallycoolingastoughhomepurchaserestrictionsbegintobite.Lesstha

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China-Europe freight train services from Chengdu set to double

ThenumberofChina-EuropefreighttrainssettingofffromChengdu,capitalofsouthwestChina'sSichuanProvince,willhit1,000thisyear,morethandoubleoflastyear'sfigure.Thenumb

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China home prices cool on tough controls: report

China's once-sizzling property market is cooling as home prices faltered in big cities, including Beijing, in May on the back of tightened policy controls.

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A third of Chinese graduates to work in first-tier cities

A recent employment survey has revealed 33.5 percent of new graduates from colleges and universities this year have signed contracts with employers in the country's first-tier cities: including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

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A third of Chinese graduates to work in first-tier cities

Arecentemploymentsurveyhasrevealed33.5percentofnewgraduatesfromcollegesanduniversitiesthisyearhavesignedcontractswithemployersinthecountry'sfirst-tiercities:inc

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Chinese tourists ready to go off beaten track, Airbnb report says

Chinesetouristspreferlesswell-knownsmallcitiesandvillages-alongwithbigcitiesandhotdestinations-whentravelingtocountriesandregionsrelatedtotheBeltandRoadInitiati

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Robot rockers lead Lithuania's street music day

Fromfolksingerstoanall-robotrockband,hundredsofLithuanianmusicloversflockedstreetsandsquaresSaturdaytocelebrateStreetMusicDayindozensofcitiesandtownsnationwide.

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Top 15 'new first-tier' cities in China

A total of 15 cities have joined the club of China's new first-tier cities due to their commercial charm, according to a report by the China Business Network (CBN) Co Ltd.

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Top 15 'new first-tier' cities in China

Atotalof15citieshavejoinedtheclubofChina'snewfirst-tiercitiesduetotheircommercialcharm,accordingtoareportbytheChinaBusinessNetwork(CBN)CoLtd.Theranking,released

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Singapore remains world's most expensive city for 4th year running

Singapore is the world's most expensive city for expatriates to live in for the fourth year running, according to the latest findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU)

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The radical plan to save China from air pollution: ‘Forest cities’

Stefano Boeri, the architect famous for his plant-covered skyscrapers, has designs to create entire new green settlements in a nation plagued by dirty air

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HK, Shanghai maintain edge

Despite concerns over the economic slowdown in China, two of the country's cities have won spots in a ranking of the world's top 10 competitive cities.

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Beijing still graduates top choice

Despite the choking smog, Beijing is still the number one choice for graduate job seekers based on its "soft environment", according to a report published Tuesday.

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China promotes desalination to tackle water shortage

China had completed 121 desalination projects as of 2015, purifying over 1 million tons of sea water per day in an effort to tackle the country’s water shortage.

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Mist cannon among tools used to fight heavy smog in China

Heavy smog that has been covering many cities in northern China has caused some authorities to bring out pollution-fighting artillery.

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China eases household registration in urbanization drive

​China has pledged to help 100 million migrants gain urban household registration, or hukou, as part of an urbanization drive to have 45 percent of its registered population living in cities by 2020.