High land prices have pushed up the value of plots such as this rice field on the outskirts of Shanghai, Photo: Bloomberg High land prices have pushed up the value of plots such as this rice field on the outskirts of Shanghai, Photo: Bloomberg
High land prices have pushed up the value of plots such as this rice field on the outskirts of Shanghai, Photo: Bloomberg
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How China’s most contested land auction drove developers into a frenzy

Luck mattered more than money for hundreds of property developers bidding on eight plots of land put up for auction by local governments in Jiaxing

Topic |   China Land Sale
Wendy Wu
Wendy Wu

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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High land prices have pushed up the value of plots such as this rice field on the outskirts of Shanghai, Photo: Bloomberg High land prices have pushed up the value of plots such as this rice field on the outskirts of Shanghai, Photo: Bloomberg
High land prices have pushed up the value of plots such as this rice field on the outskirts of Shanghai, Photo: Bloomberg
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