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		<title>China&#8217;s Property Developers Slash Real Estate Prices to Court Buyers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vivian Ni Oct. 27 &#8211; China&#8217;s property developers are actually offering discounts to real estate buyers, as they need higher sales to refill their parched cash flows. Although the price decline has only happened in a few select areas and experts are still hesitant to interpret it as an exact sign of an overall downturn in China&#8217;s property market, positive outlook towards the sector is falling as the central government&#8217;s efforts to cool housing prices continues. Price dip A series of tightening policies aimed at reducing the country&#8217;s real estate bubble have put property developers and home buyers in &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/10/27/chinas-property-developers-slash-real-estate-prices-to-court-buyers.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Guide to China&#8217;s Property Land Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/09/07/a-guide-to-chinas-property-land-bank.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which cities have value, and which are overbuilt? Op-Ed Commentary: Chris Devonshire-Ellis Sept. 7 – One of the issues concerning China has always been the investment into property. For the past two decades, local and regional governments have used property investment to increase their GDP figures in order to meet Central Government targets. However, this has led to unhealthy reliance on property as a provider of growth, and many instances of corruption and collusion between officials and developers. China now has a massive property bank, spread across the nation, and the on balance sheet recorded assets of local governments have &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/09/07/a-guide-to-chinas-property-land-bank.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China to Expand Real Estate Restrictions to Second and Third-tier Cities</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/07/18/china-to-expand-real-estate-restrictions-to-second-and-third-tier-cities.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 18 &#8211; Following the release of statistics on the first half of 2011 which show house prices are still growing in most surveyed cities, China&#8217;s State Council said on July 12 that it will continue to implement tightening policies on its property market and expand the home-purchase restrictions to second and third-tier cities. Seeing surging property prices as one of the major contributors to China’s high inflation, the government has already been implementing a variety of restrictive measures on the country’s property market including home purchase limits, bank interest rate increases, and even a property tax in Shanghai and &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/07/18/china-to-expand-real-estate-restrictions-to-second-and-third-tier-cities.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will China’s Property Prices Reach a Ceiling Under Restrictive Policies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vivian Ni Jun. 7 &#8211; Since last September, the Chinese government has launched a series of restrictive policies on the country’s fast growing property market, hoping to make housing more affordable to its 1.3 billion people and bring down high inflationary pressure. The policies, often commented as being “unprecedentedly stringent,” are relevant to the interests of multiple groups, including property developers, local governments, and prospective real estate purchasers. In the complicated interest game, it remains to be seen whether or not a ceiling to the surging property prices will finally emerge. Presently, China’s control measures on its property market &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/06/07/will-china%e2%80%99s-property-prices-reach-a-ceiling-under-restrictive-policies.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>St. Regis Opens Luxury Hotel in Lhasa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun. 2 – The St. Regis chain of luxury hotels, part of the Starwood Group, has just opened a five-star resort property in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. The design of the St. Regis Lhasa is inspired by a nearby and still active monastery and is the highest altitude hotel in the world at 12,000 feet (3,360 meters) above sea level. In common with many hotels in the city, each room is fitted with a tank of oxygen just in case guests feel symptoms of altitude mountain sickness as they get used to the rarified air. The oxygen content of &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/06/02/st-regis-opens-luxury-hotel-in-lhasa.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Study Mission Discusses China&#8217;s Inflation, Living Costs and the Conspicuous ‘Housing Bubble’</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/05/26/u-s-study-mission-discusses-chinas-inflation-living-costs-and-the-conspicuous-%e2%80%98housing-bubble%e2%80%99.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 07:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Cory Lam SHANGHAI, May 26 – Some of America’s top executives in healthcare and education met at the Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai last Thursday, in the second leg of a China-specific study mission organized by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) in conjunction with MCI China, a professional event management company based in Beijing. The study mission, especially developed for CEOs and executive directors from the association community, was designed to provide a first-hand look at the current Chinese market and to seek out new opportunities to develop their U.S. businesses in China. Richard Cant, director of &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/05/26/u-s-study-mission-discusses-chinas-inflation-living-costs-and-the-conspicuous-%e2%80%98housing-bubble%e2%80%99.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Participation Surges in China’s Property Development</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/03/29/foreign-participation-surges-in-china%e2%80%99s-property-development.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mar. 29 &#8211; China&#8217;s restrictive policies on its real estate market have made it difficult for property developers to borrow enough loans from banks and for property buyers to hoard houses for investment purposes, but more and more capital – including a large amount of foreign capital – is flowing into real estate development enterprises in the form of privately raised property funds. Tightening policies lead to foreign PE funds for property development China’s property development sector has been witnessing an influx of foreign investment since the second half of last year. During the first quarter last year, the actual &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/03/29/foreign-participation-surges-in-china%e2%80%99s-property-development.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China Clarifies Urban Land Use Tax and Real Estate Tax Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feb. 1 &#8211; The Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation co-issued the “Circular on Urban Land Use Tax (ULUT) for Enterprises Employing the Handicapped and Other Tax Policies (caishui [2010] No.121)” on December 21, 2010. The circular emphasized that enterprises will receive favorable tax treatment through employing the handicapped, and clarified several calculation methods regarding the real estate tax (RET). Part One of the circular says companies can have their ULUT exempted or reduced, if the handicapped personnel it hires is no less than 10 people and accounts for no less than 25 percent of the total &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/02/01/china-clarifies-urban-land-use-tax-and-real-estate-tax-issues.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>China Clarifies Tax Treatment for Real Estate Companies before De-registration</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/01/30/china-clarifies-tax-treatment-for-real-estate-companies-before-de-registration.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 30 – In a recent announcement, the State Administration of Taxation clarified issues regarding the refund of overpaid corporate income tax (CIT) to property developers prior to the developers’ deregistration. This CIT overpayment primarily comes from the prepayment of land appreciation tax (LAT). Issued on December 24, 2010, the “Announcement on CIT Treatment for Property Developers before Deregistration (State Administration of Taxation Announcement [2010] No. 29)” allows real estate companies in a taxable loss position to apply for a CIT refund during their tax deregistration process. The enterprises calculate their CIT overpayment by spreading the total LAT amount paid for the &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2011/01/30/china-clarifies-tax-treatment-for-real-estate-companies-before-de-registration.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry of Commerce Calls for Stricter Reviews on Approval of Foreign Invested Real Estate Projects</title>
		<link>http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2010/12/27/ministry-of-commerce-calls-for-stricter-reviews-on-approval-of-foreign-invested-real-estate-projects.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 27 &#8211; China&#8217;s Ministry of Commerce (MoC) urges an intensified review process for the approval of foreign capital entry into China’s real estate field, another measure the government is trying in an attempt to rein in the country&#8217;s surging inflation. The MoC released the “Circular on Strengthening the Reviews on the Approval of Foreign Investment into Real Estate Filed”  on November 22, requesting intensified reviews on foreign-invested property projects, not only to ensure the complete qualifications of foreign investors, but also to restrain speculative and round-tripping investments. The circular emphasizes that provincial authorities shall focus their reviews on the &#8230; <a href="http://www.china-briefing.com/news/2010/12/27/ministry-of-commerce-calls-for-stricter-reviews-on-approval-of-foreign-invested-real-estate-projects.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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