The central bank yesterday tightened credit controls for second-home mortgages in specific areas and purchases of plots of land, especially in industrial parks. However, the nation’s top monetary ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says there’s ‘risk’ to its trans-Pacific trade pact bid if China joins first
Taiwan formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on Wednesday, less than a week after China. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan flags China ‘risk’ to Trans-Pacific trade pact bid
There is a “risk” to Taiwan’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) if China joins first, Taiwan’s government said today, flagging a ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan cites ‘risk’ to its Trans-Pacific trade pact application if China joins first
The original 12-member agreement was seen as an important economic counterweight to China's growing influence. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan launches TPP trade pitch after China
Taiwan has submitted an application to join one of the worlds biggest trading pacts days after the Xi government asked to join the group, which was originally designed to counter China. ( read original story ...)
China’s nightmare Evergrande scenario is an uncontrolled crash
Protests have intensified outside property giant Evergrande Group’s offices across China, as the developer falls farther behind on promises to more than 70,000 investors. Construction of unfinished ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing sends message to Hong Kong tycoons: ‘Fall into line’
As Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on Hong Kong, it has a new mandate for the territory’s powerful property tycoons: pour resources and influence into backing Beijing’s interests, and help solve a ... ( read original story ...)
Asian shares mostly extend losses on China property worries
Asian shares mostly declined Tuesday, with Tokyo down 2.2% as worries about heavily indebted Chinese real estate developers weighed on sentiment. On Monday, U.S. stocks logged their biggest drop since ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese Home Prices, Graphed as Time-Series
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation. Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in ... ( read original story ...)
World shares jolted by Evergrande crisis as debt payment test looms
Global stock markets on Tuesday were caught in the grip of contagion fears sparked by troubles at China Evergrande as growing risks the property giant could default on its massive debt prompted ... ( read original story ...)
China’s quarterly GDP growth near zero: analyst
China’s tough virus curbs mean that economic activity in the third quarter could be close to flat compared with the previous three months, while full-year growth may fall below 8 percent, a top ... ( read original story ...)
Fujita Kanko Opens Hotel Gracery Taipei in Taiwan
Fujita Kanko Inc., a leading Japanese hospitality company headquartered in Tokyo, opened Hotel Gracery Taipei in the capital city of Taiwan on September 14th. This is the second Hotel Gracery property ... ( read original story ...)
Fitch Ratings warns of Evergrande default
Numerous sectors of the Chinese economy could be exposed to heightened credit risk if the country’s second-largest property developer, China Evergrande Group (恒大集團), were to default, although the ... ( read original story ...)
Property marketing platform whyborder rolls out reverse bidding property auction
The first whybid auction will be held from Oct 8 to 15 and is available to buyers in seven countries: Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Dubai, and Taiwan. Six properties will be offered ... ( read original story ...)
Protesters target Chinese property firm
Dozens of people yesterday protested outside the headquarters of Chinese property giant Evergrande Group (恆大集團) after the debt-laden firm said that it was under “tremendous pressure” and might not be ... ( read original story ...)
A self-made billionaire’s quest to save Evergrande
Photo: Bloomberg “China’s property developers — and their creditors — appear to be approaching a reckoning,” analysts at Capital Economics Ltd said in a note. They warned that Evergrande is “close to ... ( read original story ...)