Local Government

#Loans, #Property, #Local Government, #Debt, #Shadow Banking, #Slider, #SOEs

China’s Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb

Does China’s debt, which refuses to stop growing, threaten to take the show off the road.

by Chris Russell | Jun. 3 2015

#Tudou, #Youku, #PBOC, #eCommerce, #Korea, #Online Gaming, #Tencent, #APEC, #Xiaomi, #Local Government, #Slider, #Alibaba, #JD.com

China roundup: APEC agreements; Alibaba’s Single’s Day Sale Booty; and a New Bankruptcy Law

This week, the much awaited APEC conference came to a close, Alibaba netted more than $9.3 billion in Single.

by Major | Nov. 14 2014

#Car Rental, #IPO, #Labor, #PMI, #Loans, #Local Government, #Apple, #Baidu, #Slider, #Google, #HSBC

China Roundup: The Chinese economy and structural changes; Baidu Eye; and Apple’s New Problem

This week, figures from the HSBC/Markit PMI implied that the Chinese economy might finally be on the path to.

by Major Tian | Sep. 5 2014

#Urbanization, #Shadow Banking, #Slider, #GDP Growth, #Farmland, #Property Tax, #Local Government, #Housing

The Role of Land Sales in Local Government Financing in China

Land sales contribute significantly to local government financing in China as well as provincial GDP targets. But this is both.

by Major Tian | Sep. 3 2014

#Local Government, #Housing Prices, #Slider, #Chinese Real Estate, ##Interview, #Urbanization, #Vanke, #Chinese Economy, #Liu Jing, #Economic Reform, #Chinese Consumers, #Property

Real Estate in China: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

What ails real estate in China? Are we heading for a property market crash? Does the government need to step.

by Major Tian | Jul. 8 2014

#Local Government, #Investment, #Debt, #Chinese Economy, #Shadow Banking, #Local Debt, #Slider