china's other cities

Historically when reading through the various real estate firm reports, the news was all good.
Geared for landlords and investors, the news of rental rates on the rise, occupancy rates on the rise, and new supply having little impact on pricing (there were just so many entrants coming into the market).
However, things have taken a different [...]
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Developed to absorb, house, employ, and sustain 1.3 billion people, the largest cities in the world going forward will all be in China.  8 of which are predicted to be be over 10 million according to a recent Business Week piece.
Jonathan Woetzel and his team presented their research equally interesting study at the JUCCCE conference [...]
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1. Chengdu’s GDP ranked third in central and western China for first three quarters
On November 4th, Chengdu Bureau of Statistics published the ranking of the main economic indexes of Chengdu in the first three quarters in comparison with those of cities in Midwest China and of deputy-provincial cities of the country. It is learnt [...]
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Outside of Chengdu, there are few cities in China that have as many advantages as Wuhan.

It is logistically in a great place with air, rail, national highway, and river transport options all intersecting - in a single location.
It has a strong history of industry
It has access to a lot of locally sourced raw materials

Where it [...]
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