Category Archives: Real Estate

Democracy comes to SOHO?

Disputes between tenants and the management company at Beijing real estate development Jianwai SOHO, and the ensuing election.

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Drive for development fuels illegal land seizures in Pizhou

An investigation into the land controversy in Pizhou, whose villagers recently staged a large protest against local government leaders.

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Go to work drunk in Sanlitun

If you live in Gongsan Plaza, you can go to work hung-over, says this advertisement, from Shimao Group.

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Window bars and community standards in China’s cities

A group of homeowners in a community in Shanghai wants to enforce uniform standards.

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Chinese developer: Buy a house, get a wife for free

Jin Tai Cheng, a Beijing company, is offering a creative solution for prospective buyers at its “Ecological Bay” Villa project.

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Junyao Group and the importance of the letter e

Why did Juneyao Group (钧瑶集团), an aviation and real estate outfit based in Shanghai, change its name from the original Junyao?

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The parts that make up a home

A real estate ad builds the character 家 using strokes from other words.

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An especially unfriendly notice

Inhabitants of two buildings in Xinjiang are told to move out or be killed.

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Yu Jianrong: Farmers have the right to keep land for themselves

Sociologist Yu Jianrong tells Southern Metropolis Weekly that the new rural land rights policy doesn’t really mean much.

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China real estate market slump: Q&A with Gady Epstein

Some predictions about the real estate market in China for the next few years.

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