Category: Local Government

China’s bubble factory

8 September, 2010 (11:35) | Bubbles, Capital markets, China, Global news, Homeownership, Local Government, Markets, Real estate taxes |

By: David A. Smith   The more I’ve posted about China, the more alarmed I have become at the apparent hyperinflation of Chinese residential real estate prices, and the potential for an ugly crash, but I’ve had no comprehensive explanation of its root cause – until now, via an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal: [...]