Shanghai increases down payment requirements

Buyers select apartments at a real estate fair in Shanghai. Provided to China Daily The new measure, announced Nov 28, says that the required down payment for first-home buyers is raised to no less than 35 percent of the total price, compared to the ... ( read original story ...)

China, Hong Kong Prepare for Market Link (YANG, YINN)

The Shanghai Composite rose 0.5% ... The Hang Seng is up 3.7% over the past year, and Hong Kong’s stock market has seen limited volatility over the last two years despite mainland China’s 2015 stock bubble and crash. (See also: The Origins of the ... ( read original story ...)

Newly rebranded Pullman Shanghai Jing An opens

Situated in Shanghai’s Jing An business district, the hotel has views of the city from each of its 288 rooms and suites, which each feature floor-to-ceiling windows as well as a flat-screen TV, modern bathroom amenities and high-end bedding. Offering ... ( read original story ...)

China Theme Park To Raise The Titanic, With Wi-Fi

Shanghai: Construction of the world's first full-size replica ... swimming pool and first-class cabins, with the addition of wifi, said Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group's deputy general manager Wang Weiling. The supposedly unsinkable ocean liner ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai issues first unified work permit for foreigners

Shanghai is the first to launch a new pilot scheme, the single unified work permit, hoping to unify the management of foreigners working in China. Shanghai issued its first single unified work permit to a foreigner on Nov 3, as the city began a test ... ( read original story ...)