China talks the talk on property curbs, but can it walk the walk?

Business & Technology

Recent statements that China must curb speculation in the property market echo "similar vows in recent years that pushed prices down temporarily before they surged anew to fresh highs as policy eased again to boost slowing economic growth."

Lucas Niewenhuis
Credit: A pedestrian walks through a neighborhood slated for redevelopment as the Shanghai Tower stands in the distance in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. China's broadest measure of new credit grew the least in two years in July, while industrial production and investments weakened as well, adding to signs that a stabilization in economic growth may be faltering. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Lucas Niewenhuis is the Newsletter Editor at The China Project. Previously, he has researched China-Africa relations at the Social Science Research Council, interned at the Council on Foreign Relations, and studied Chinese language and culture in Shanghai and Beijing. Read more

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