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China has been considering a property tax since 2003Shanghai, Chongqing rolled out pilot programmes in 2011President Xi Jinping wants to advance property tax legislationBEIJING/SHANGHAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - China's long-mooted - and long-resisted - property tax is set to gain new momentum as President Xi Jinping throws his support behind…

In recent weeks Chinese authorities have moved to soften sweeping policies designed to make the economy less dependent on debt, monopolies and fossil fuels. While Beijing’s edicts chastened China’s corporate elites, they also began showing signs of hitting ordinary citizens with higher power bills, lost savings and — if the…

The will-he-or-won’t-he guessing game around Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s attendance at a major climate summit in Scotland continues. In the latest development, it appears he won’t. UK prime minister Boris Johnson was advised that Xi likely will not be showing up at COP26 in Glasgow, the BBC reports. Rumors to…

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR Business 17 Oct, 2021 05:00 AM5 minutes to read Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo / AP OPINION: Since coming to power, Chinese president Xi Jinping has had to deal with three overriding priorities. First, a domestic economy that is both slowing and…

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping continues clamping down on various sectors in China. The newest victims are banks and news outlets. All it takes to destroy them is one proposal. We bring you up to date on what the Chinese Communist Party is doing to their own arms and legs, as…

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Illustration by Derek Zheng Over the weekend, the leaders of both the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China — a.k.a. Taiwan — gave speeches that marked the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution, which ended imperial rule and gave birth to modern China. In mainland China, the…

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Taiwan will not bow to pressure from Beijing and it will keep bolstering its defenses, its president said Sunday, a day after her Chinese counterpart vowed to bring about a peaceful "reunification" with the democratic island. Speaking at a rally to celebrate Taiwan's National Day, President Tsai Ing-wen said her…