Editor’s note for Wednesday, October 20, 2021

My thoughts today:

Yesterday, I mentioned the new discussions of property tax; today we have more detail on the problems of real estate tax in China, and links to fresh analysis — see our top story.

Tomorrow at 9 a.m. EST, The China Project is having a Zoom chat with Jiayun Feng, Kaiser Kuo, and I discussing the government crackdown on gaming, effeminate men in media, and other perceived social ills. I’m calling it Red New Deal: The Heteronormative Asian Dad Edition.

Other upcoming events:

• October 21: Implications of the New U.S.-China Trade Policy for U.S. Business, a China Corner Office live podcast.
• October 27: The future of crypto in China.

Our word of the day is Housing is for living, not for speculation. (房子是用来住的、不是用来炒的. fángzi shì yònglái zhù de, bú shì yònglái chǎo de)

—Jeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief