China's Ministry of Construction is mulling over new measures to curb collusion in raising prices by property developers, the China Business News reported on Wednesday.Qi Ji, vice minister of Construc
Gazing at the share price movements on a big screen at a stock brokerage in Guangdong Road in downtown Shanghai, Wang Xingfa, a 44-year-old executive, looked very worried.Wang had reason to be concern
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