Some couples are willing to go through sham marriages and divorces to take advantage of loopholes in property rules. Photo: Xinhua
Some couples are willing to go through sham marriages and divorces to take advantage of loopholes in property rules. Photo: Xinhua
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For richer or low-interest loans: the sham marriages – and divorces – built on China’s property market

Some Chinese are splitting up and tying the knot to get around compensation and home-buying rules 

Mandy Zuo
Mandy Zuo

Updated: 9:11pm, 8 Apr, 2018

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Some couples are willing to go through sham marriages and divorces to take advantage of loopholes in property rules. Photo: Xinhua
Some couples are willing to go through sham marriages and divorces to take advantage of loopholes in property rules. Photo: Xinhua
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