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1. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   How they see it - US President Barack Obama's re-election

   Posted Nov 11th 2012, 12:00am by CHINA DAILY, WASHINGTON POST, The Guardian

   ... formidable challenges on the international front … Despite all the rhetoric he used to bash China in his campaign, he needs to handle US relations with China in a more mature and rational way, now ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1079619/how-they-see-it-us-president-barack-obamas-re-election
2. Comment - Blogs

   More property buying tips in China

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 01:08pm by Anna Healy Fenton

   ... have a better chance of a good quality building with decent landscaping and services and management.   Land Policy Dillon, author of property buyer's guide Landed China, reminded me ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1225912/more-property-buying-tips-china
3. Business - Money - PROPERTY

   Hong Kong property buyers can turn the tables on mainland Chinese

   Posted Apr 22nd 2013, 12:00am by ANNA FENTON

   ... estate across the border. Property specialist Christopher Dillon looks at exactly that in his new book Landed China. He writes about the steps foreigners must take to buy property ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/article/1219987/hong-kong-property-buyers-can-turn-tables-mainland-chinese
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   China could learn from Singapore's public housing model

   Posted Apr 17th 2013, 12:00am by WINSTON MOK

   ... more than two decades ago. Yet mainland China has worse housing problems than Hong Kong. But it is not too late to fix it. Only about 10 per cent of mainland urban housing is public housing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1216191/china-could-learn-singapores-public-housing-model
5. News - China

   Housing plan faces corruption threat, warns state media

   Posted Jan 05th 2013, 09:00pm by Agence France-Presse in Beijing

   ... News China China Housing Li Keqiang Agence France-Presse in Beijing A high-profile effort by the Chinese government to build affordable houses for the millions priced-out of the country’s property market is marred by official corruption, state run media said on Saturday. China in 2010 launched a massive “affordable housing” drive as part of an effort to defuse widespread discontent ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1120736/housing-plan-faces-corruption-threat-warns-state-media
6. News - Hong Kong - FIRE

   Gutted Tai O village's fire extinguishers not properly maintained

   Posted May 04th 2013, 12:00am by Johnny Tam, Clifford Lo

   ... News Hong Kong Tai O Stilt House Fire Johnny Tam and Clifford Lo Equipment near Tai O stilt houses that caught fire were last maintained as far back as 2010 Firefighting equipment near the Tai O stilt houses that caught fire on Thursday have not been checked for nearly two years despite regulations requiring an annual inspection, the South China Morning Post has found. Records ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1229523/gutted-tai-o-villages-fire-extinguishers-not-properly-maintained
7. Comment - Blogs

   Draughty London mansion, anyone?

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 12:56pm by Anna Healy Fenton

   ... Comment Blogs Business Money Wealth Property London Mansion Housing Anna Healy Fenton anna.fenton@scmp.com So, London’s reputedly most expensive mansion has been trumped by London’s even ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1225897/draughty-london-mansion-anyone
8. Business - Money

   Boomer downsizing trend hasn’t materialized yet, but may

   Posted Apr 24th 2013, 11:25am by Reuters

   ... Business Money Wealth Economy Housing Reuters in New York When Barbara and Mark Gomperts became empty nesters a few years ago, they found themselves using just a fraction of the 3,000-square-foot, five-bedroom house where they had raised their children in Vienna, Virginia. They bought a townhouse in nearby Burke that was a third the size of the house they sold. “We just didn’t need ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/money/wealth/article/1222039/boomer-downsizing-trend-hasnt-materialized-yet-may
9. News - China

   China to start building 6m homes next year

   Posted Nov 13th 2012, 12:00am by Victoria Ruan

   ... is part of Beijing's five-year plan to build 36 million units of public housing by 2016. The government started construction of 10 million homes last year and more than seven million so far ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1081122/china-start-building-6m-homes-next-year
10. Comment - Blogs

    Make the official taste of tofu sweet: Chinese have fun with White House petition website

    Posted May 08th 2013, 11:49am by Ivan Zhai

    ... Comment Blogs News China White House Petition Zhu Ling Ivan Zhai It's long believed that China is “the country of copycats”. However, Chinese netizens are sometimes very creative, especially when using the website of the White House to make jokes about their own political system. A petition on the White House’s site has quickly become a new  favourite pastime for mainland ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1232861/more-chinese-netizens-petition-white-house-website

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