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Chinese car market changes gear in decelerating economy

China's passenger vehicle (PV) market is entering a new phase with annual sales volume growth set to slow to single digits over the next decade, according to a report released by Fitch Ratings on Wednesday.

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Chinese, U.S. cities sign Climate Leaders Declaration

​The Climate Leaders Declaration and a series agreements were signed Tuesday by U.S. governors and mayor with their Chinese counterparts who attended the China-U.S. Climate Leaders Summit in Los Angeles.

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China's housing market continues recovery

China's housing market continued recovering from a prolonged downturn in July, with new home prices dropping in fewer cities for a fifth month amid better market confidence and lower interest rates.

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China's housing market continues recovery

China's housing market continued recovering from a prolonged downturn in July, with new home prices dropping in fewer cities for a fifth month amid better market confidence and lower interest rates.

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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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Home prices extend falls, top-tier cities warm up

China's real estate market remained largely anemic in April, but the faint price recovery in top-tier cities offered a sign of improvement in a sector whose fortunes are deemed to be crucial to the economy.

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Home sales in major Chinese cities spike in April

The sales volume of new homes in major cities posted a solid gain in April thanks to policy easing, according to a report released by E-house China R&D Institute, a leading property consultant firm.

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Major city pollution sources identified

Vehicles, coal-burning, airborne dust and industrial production account for 85 to 90 percent of the major airborne pollution sources in most Chinese cities, new research shows.

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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 will not pave paradise to put up parking lots

Urbanization, President Xi Jinping declared on Tuesday, must not mean the homogenization of urban and rural areas and people.

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Cities' allure reassessed as rural-urban gap narrows

Many Chinese migrant laborers who left home to pursue their dreams in cities are anticipating that the rural-urban development gap is narrowing and returning to their hometowns in the countryside.

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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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Home prices continue to cool, declines seen narrowing

China's property sector continued to cool in November, but the declines have been narrowing on the support of government policy adjustments, official data showed on Thursday.

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International literary gathering planned for New Zealand's City of Literature

An international conference on literary culture will be organized for New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin to celebrate its designation as a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) City of Literature, Mayor Dave Cull announced Tuesday.

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Extra holidays, traffic ban in more cities to ensure Beijing's blue sky during APEC

Beijing's neighboring cities have joined Beijing to offer extra holidays and impose an odd-even license plate traffic ban to reduce air pollution during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings.

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China's urbanization closing farmer-urbanite gap

Xu Shuping, a migrant worker in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, says he longer minds being called a "farmer," as China's drive toward better social welfare for new urbanites like him picks up pace.

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Turning point for Chinese property market?

The Chinese property market is facing a correction period as a downward trend emerged in more cities, with many local governments choosing to boost the market through lifting home purchase restrictions.