Shanghai Follows Beijing in Lifting Suburban Home Caps to Spur Demand

Starting tomorrow, Shanghai residents with local household registration, or "hukou," as well as non-locals who have paid personal income tax or contributed to social security for at least one year, can purchase an unlimited number of homes outside the Outer Ring Road, according to a notice issued today by the municipal housing authority. ( read ...

Shanghai stock benchmark hits decade high, HK nears 4-year peak

China’s blue-chip CSI300 index added 1.4%, surpassing the intraday high made last October to reach a four-year peak. Turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges surpassed 2 trillion yuan for a ninth consecutive day, extending the longest such streak on record. ( read original story ...)