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Property Investors Lie in Wait in China

April 11, 2012

Cash-strapped Chinese property companies may face a reckoning this year amid high debts and a government campaign to bring down housing prices. If that happens, a number of outside investors are waiting to step in.

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Shanghai’s Pudong, Once Soulless, Rises Up

December 21, 2011

Pundits once mocked Shanghai’s Pudong district, a purpose-built version of Manhattan, as overdesigned and underoccupied. Today, as worries of a Chinese property crash are back in force, Pudong is an unlikely bright spot.

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Shanghai’s Pudong, Once Soulless, Rises Up

December 21, 2011

Pundits once mocked Shanghai’s Pudong district, a purpose-built version of Manhattan, as overdesigned and underoccupied. Today, as worries of a Chinese property crash are back in force, Pudong is an unlikely bright spot.

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City’s Property U-Turn Shows Beijing’s Tight Grip

October 12, 2011

The southern Chinese city of Foshan reversed course Tuesday after trying to relax some restrictions property purchases—signaling Beijing isn’t letting up on its efforts to cool the overheated property sector.

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S&P Wary Over China Developers

September 28, 2011

With liquidity pressures set to grow, Chinese property developers may be squeezed by sales declines over the next year, Standard & Poor’s said.

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More Strong Property Earnings From China

August 16, 2011

Country Garden Holdings said its first-half net profit rose 63% from a year earlier because of strong property sales, adding the Chinese developer will continue to expand its footprint in China.

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Longfor Profit Rises 14%

August 15, 2011

Longfor Properties said first-half net profit rose 14%, boosted by strong property sales and higher rental income, joining other Chinese property companies in reporting strong results even as Beijing launched measures aimed at cooling the residential property market.

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Mass-Market Retailers Head to Hong Kong

May 10, 2011

Retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, Apple and American Eagle are flocking to Hong Kong, one of the world’s top luxury shopping cities, driving up rents for retail space in their effort to market themselves to mainland Chinese consumers.

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Evergrande’s Net Soars on Tertiary Cities

March 29, 2011

Evergrande said its net profit surged to more than seven times its year-earlier level, boosted by strong property sales as the Chinese developer shifted its focus to third-tier cities.

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Housing Operators Put Focus on China

March 9, 2011

The number of Chinese over 60 years old is on pace to exceed the entire U.S. population by 2050. The big change has caught the eye of U.S. senior-housing developers.

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Morgan Stanley to Sell Motel Chain

February 23, 2011

Morgan Stanley is selling a popular Chinese budget motel chain which could fetch up to US$1 billion, as foreign and local hoteliers scramble to buy into the country’s travel boom.

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China Signals End to Yuan&rsquos Peg to Dollar Before G-20 Summit

February 16, 2011

By Bloomberg News June 20 (Bloomberg) — China said it will allow a more flexible yuan, signaling an end to the currency’s two-year-old peg to the dollar a week before a Group of 20 summit. The decision was made after the world’s third-largest economy improved, the central bank said in a statement on its website yesterday, without indicating a timeframe for the change

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China’s Hu Buys Time on Yuan Valuation by Announcement Before G-20 Summit

February 16, 2011

By Bloomberg News June 21 (Bloomberg) — Chinese President Hu Jintao may have succeeded in removing the yuan’s valuation from debate at this week’s Group of 20 leaders’ summit, economists and political analysts say. How much time he’s bought depends on how flexible the currency will become.

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