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Risks of a property bubble are growing in mainland China’s major cities, observers say. New home prices have risen more than 30 per cent year on year among first-tier and a few second-tier cities.

When Canada recognised the People’s Republic of China in 1970 under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Mao Zedong reportedly said: “we now have a friend in the backyard of the United States.

Premier Li Keqiang says relations between China and the United States will remain stable “no matter who is elected” as the next US president, as he attempts to alleviate concerns over uncertain Sino-US ties.

Developers in Hong Kong are changing their apartment sales strategy by offering larger, more luxurious units as impressive sales in the mass-residential sector strengthen confidence at both ends of the market, according to industry experts.

The automobile unit of Chinese tech company LeEco has raised over US$1 billion worth of funding as the company seeks to put its electric cars on the road within three years. LeEco chief executive Jia Yueting claimed the financing round of US$1.

China home price growth climbed last month to its highest level since a key index tracking the market began in January 2011, putting pressure on more cities to introduce cooling measures to curb demand.

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Five minutes into his lunch break, web developer Zhou Shengkai has already prepared and finished his meal. Zhou makes his lunch every day by mixing 100 grams of powder with cold water, which offers him 20 grams of protein, 9.