property

business.blogs.cnn.com — In an interview with the New York Times last year, leading hedge fund manager Jim Chanos described China's property market as "Dubai times a thousand." In another interview with Bloomberg during the same period, Chanos said China - which has enjoyed its own boom - was on a "treadmill to hell." A year on and the prominent China-watcher says the treadmill has only gotten “bigger and faster…than ever

www.ministryoftofu.com — This year, some Chinese have been informed by cemeteries that the use right of tombs where their families were buried is due to expire, and if they want to keep the deceased in place, they must pay management fees. If no management fee is paid, they will put together those ash urns so that families of the departed can find them in the future.

blogs.forbes.com — The worst performing group on the Shanghai Composite Index this year are China's property developers, and BNP Paribas says to expect the correction in Chinese real estate prices due to lending curbs and tighter money to intensify into 2011. This is the result of direct government action and it is bound to have a negative impact on the whole Chinese economy.

blog.waboba-asia.com — A colour piece about the Hainan property bubble and that sinking feeling you get when you realize you backed the wrong horse.

www.chinadaily.com.cn — Proof that the economy is creating new jobs. I'm hoping to see a translation of his hopefully soon-to-be-started Tianya blog on Veggie Discourse any day now.