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China's property price growth to attract regulatory tightening: Moody's

Rapid price growth of residential homes in Chinese cities -- and particularly in higher-tier ones -- could attract further regulatory tightening to moderate price growth, global rating agency Moody's predicted on Monday.

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HK has world's longest working week

Hong Kong has the world's longest working week with an average of more than 50 hours, according to a survey recently conducted by the United Bank of Switzerland (UBS).

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China's home prices continue to rise, disparity narrows

China's property sector continued to recover in April, with more cities reporting higher new home prices and the market divergence narrowing, an official survey showed on Wednesday.

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FUZHOU INITIATIVE

With the aim of promoting the development of the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and creating common benefits for the people of the cities along the Maritime-Continental Silk Road

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4 Chinese cities among world top 10 destination for luxury retailers

Four Chinese cities have made the list of world's top ten favorite destinations for luxury retailers, according to a report released on Thursday.

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Europe trails U.S. in cutting air pollution, W.H.O. says

European countries, which rely heavily on diesel-fueled vehicles, remain far behind the United States in their efforts to reduce harmful air pollution, according to a report to be issued Thursday by the World Health Organization.

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Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities

Outdoor pollution has risen 8% in five years with fast-growing cities in the developing world worst affected, WHO data shows

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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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Xinjiang city tops China's Q1 smog list

Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, registered the country's worst air quality in the first quarter of 2016, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said Monday.

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Uber eyes smaller Chinese cities to take on home-grown Didi

Undaunted by ride-hailing app Didi's dominance in the Chinese market, Uber sees potential to chip away at the company's virtual monopoly outside first-tier cities.

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Chinese big cities' home market expected to cool down

​The real estate environment in China can be described as a "dual market:" First-tier cities are moving to cool their overheated property markets, while other parts of the country are struggling with excessive inventories.

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Aust'n PM urged to build high-speed rail link between Sydney, Melbourne

​Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will be approached to build a fast rail network to link the nation's two big cities, namely Sydney and Melbourne, in a meeting on Thursday.

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China's property market in big cities gets frothy amid leveraged purchase

​Wang Xin was close to buying an apartment in downtown Beijing for 3.3 million yuan (500,000 U.S. dollars), but the home owner raised the price by 20,000 yuan at the last minute.

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Guangzhou may become first tier-one city to open up to Hong Kong and Macau homebuyers to clear stock

Guangzhou is likely to become the first tier-one city in mainland China to lift home-purchase restrictions for buyers from Hong Kong and Macau, hinting at the mounting sense of desperation felt by the authorities in the world’s second-largest economy as they seek to speed up property destocking and boost economic growth.

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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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Home price divergence continues in mainland Chinese cities

More than half of mainland Chinese cities saw home prices pick up in January amid the central government’s continuous policy support to the sector, with Shenzhen remaining the biggest gainer.

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China outlines roadmap to build better cities

Chinese central authorities on Sunday issued guidelines on urban development, two months after leaders met for the Central Urban Work Conference and promised to make China's sprawling cities more livable, efficient and green.