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China’s Housing Market: The Iron Bubble

July 31, 2017 By Tom Nunlist

China’s property market was virtually non-existent 25 years ago, but it is now one of the most critical pillars in this country and the source of incredible wealth for many of China’s citizens. Last year property prices in China’s tier one cities made another gravity-defying leap last year. By September, new home prices had jumped 27.8% in Beijing, 32.7% in Shanghai and a meteoric 34.1% in Shenzhen year-on-year. The health of this pillar remains a top concern of the government and citizens alike. But is there a looming crisis? In the near term, the answer seems to be no.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Economy, Know China, Real Estate Tagged With: Chinese Economy, Chinese Real Estate, Housing Prices, Property, Property Market

China’s Middle Class, the Middle Minority

September 28, 2016 By Tom Nunlist

China's middle class is emerging

The emerging middle class is the starting point for many discussions on China’s economy and society. But who are these people that, as Professor Luigi Tomba puts it, are “going to be at the epicenter of every social change that is going to happen” in China? And more importantly, where do they come from? The terms applied to them are misleading. Locally they are something of an economic elite, and even so have not reached the wealth of their supposed Western counterparts – in other words, they are not the “middle” of anything. They are also far from uniform.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Know China Tagged With: China's Middle Class, Chinese Consumers, Property

China’s Debt: A Ticking Time Bomb

June 3, 2015 By Chris Russell

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

Filed Under: All Articles, Economics, Finance, Know China Tagged With: Debt, Loans, Local Government, Property, Shadow Banking, Slider, SOEs

The Chinese Property Market Conundrum

January 26, 2015 By Nicole Sy

As the Chinese property market slows and complicates the country’s economic outlook, the government faces a tricky balancing act.

Filed Under: All Articles, Chinese Economy, Know China, Policy and Law, Real Estate Tagged With: Chinese Real Estate, Consumers, Economic Stimulus, Housing Prices, PBOC, Property, Property Bubble, Slider

China Roundup: Why Dalian Wanda’s Wang Jianlin is not the richest man in China

December 24, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, CEO Wang Jianlin missed the opportunity to become the richest man in China when the much awaited Dalian Wanda IPO turned out to be a damp squib and Xiaomi was valued at $45 billion, way higher than Uber.

Filed Under: All Articles, China Round-up, Digital Economy, Finance, Know China, Real Estate, Stock Exchange, Technology Tagged With: CSRC, IPO, Jack Ma, Property, Slider, Smartphone, Technology, Uber, Wanda, Xiaomi

CKGSB Knowledge Winter 2014 Issue: China Embraces the Sharing Economy

December 2, 2014 By CKGSB Knowledge

The sharing economy has threatened traditional industries in the West in the last few years. Now it’s gaining a foothold in China.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Conversations, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Innovation, Know China, Manufacturing, Marketing, Real Estate, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Amazon, CKGSB Knowledge, Digital Marketing, Gary Hamel, Innovation, Manufacturing, Property, Shanghai FTZ, Sharing Economy, Slider, Tesla

Busted! China’s Real Estate Bubble and Other China Myths

November 4, 2014 By Major Tian

Carnegie Endowment’s Yukon Huang offers a new perspective and demystifies some popular notions about China, such as fears about the real estate bubble.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Know China, Real Estate Tagged With: Chinese Economy, Consumption, Debt, Economic Reform, GDP Growth, Housing Prices, Property, SOEs, Urbanization

Leta Hong Fincher on the Pursuit of Marital Property in China

October 6, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

Author and researcher Leta Hong Fincher on the confounding phenomenon of women forfeiting their property wealth in China.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Conversations, Culture, Demographics, Know China, Policy and Law, Q&A, Society Tagged With: Demographics, Education, Gender Inequality, Hot Issues in China, Housing, Marriage, Policy, Property, Slider

CKGSB Knowledge Fall 2014 Issue: The Alibaba IPO and Variable Interest Entities

August 29, 2014 By CKGSB Knowledge

The Fall 2014 issue of CKGSB Knowledge is out! It has articles and interviews like: COVER STORY:  Around the World: In a circuitous way, billions of dollars rely on an international game of legal cat and mouse. China’s top companies use variable interest entities, but now the Alibaba IPO is shining a light on this legal grey area. CHINA BY NUMBERS:  From […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China Tagged With: Alibaba, Alibaba IPO, Automation, Automobiles, Baidu, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Green Investment, Greentech, Intellectual Property, Luxury, Patents, Property, Robotics, Samsung, Sina, Slider, Variable Interest Entities

Air Pollution in China: What’s at Stake?

August 4, 2014 By Randy Wang

How serious is air pollution in China and how is the country addressing it at a policy level? Also, what kind of business opportunities is this creating? A comprehensive look. If you live in China, chances are the one thing you’d be most concerned about is the level of PM2.5 in the air. PM2.5, or particulate matter […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, China, Environment, Know China, Real Estate Tagged With: Beijing Air, Environment, Environmental Pollution, GE, Hot Issues in China, Interviews, License Plate Restrictions, Property, Real Estate, Slider

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