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ON JAN 6, a day after the government announced a grand plan to transform Hainan province into a world-class tourism paradise, retiree Zhou Yafen woke up to see crowds 'rushing madly to buy apartments' on the island. Comment?
ASIA is going through a phase where ties between the great powers are shifting and East Asia's challenge is to build an architecture that accommodates the resulting cooperation and manages the competition. Comment?
SOUTH China's Hainan Province is to resume land leasing and real estate development approval in the near future, a senior provincial official said today. Comment?
Tourism boosts Hainan's service industry
HAIKOU: The booming tourism industry of South China's Hainan province have made major contribution to the island' s economy and will further bolster its service sector, a senior official has said. Comment?
Hainan is what many Chinese officials hope will one day be known as the world's "Hawaii of the Orient." In January, 2010, China's State Council laid out plans to turn the once little-known agricultural island into an international tourist hotspot by 2020. Comment?
IGF: China will have top golfers, Games medalists
Golf could evolve into a big business in China and give the country a chance to win Olympic medals, officials and scholars said in the capital of Hainan province yesterday. 1 comment
Hainan golf tournament offers $1.28m prize
A A golf tournament, featuring professional players competing for a "winner takes all" prize of $1.28 million, will be held in late October in the capital of Hainan, China's southernmost province. Comment?
Hainan to sail to international fame
Hainan province will take the lead in formulating the national standards for yachting, a fledgling industry to be vigorously promoted in the tropical island's spurting efforts to build an "international tourist resort" in 10 years, the top official of the provincial capital said. Comment?
Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to open next year
Beijing: The highly anticipated Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway will begin operation next year, and is expected to cut travel time to four hours, railway officials said. Comment?
The Omega World Cup is to become a biennial event from 2011 with prize money boosted to US$7.5 million and the tournament moved to Hainan Island, organisers said yesterday. Comment?
Triathlon: McKenzie & Marsh Reign at Ironman China
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... made a charge, but finished up too short, coming in ten minutes behind the eventual champion in McKenzie. Haikou, China is a long way from Madison, Wisconsin, but for Amy Marsh - who won Ford Ironman Wisconsin last September - they're both just as ... Comment?
Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to open next year
Beijing: The highly anticipated Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway will begin operation next year, and is expected to cut travel time to four hours, railway officials said. Comment?
China and the Double Dip Recession
Further to my last post about Stephen Roach turning more sanguine on China and her property bubble, a number of items have created further concerns about the risks of a double-dip recession. Comment?
2010 Round Hainan Island Int'l Sailing Regatta kicks off
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The sailing boats compete during the first day of racing at the 2010 Round Hainan Island International Sailing Regatta in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, March 13, 2010. Comment?
McKenzie, Marsh Overcome Heat And Wind To Take Ironman China
Australian Luke McKenzie and American Amy Marsh overcame the tough conditions of Haikou, China to take the wins at Ironman China. Comment?
Chinas exports, property prices add pressure to pare stimulus
Bloomberg Posted: Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 at 2300 hrs IST Updated: Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 at 0252 hrs IST : China's exports rose more than forecast in February and property prices jumped the most in almost two years, adding pressure on policy makers to pare stimulus measures adopted during the global recession. Comment?
Property investment, price surge 31%
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The rate of investment in real estate as returned to levels hit before the financial crisis. Comment?
City home prices stay on upward fast track
CHINA'S urban property prices rose the fastest in 23 months in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. Comment?
China's housing prices hit new high in February 2010-03-11 00:38
China's property market grew at the fastest pace in 20 months in February, with housing prices rising at a double digit rate, despite the government's cooling-down moves, according to data released Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics . Comment?
China's Surging Exports, Property Prices Add Pressure to End Crisis Stance
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Chinaa s exports rose more than forecast in February and property prices jumped the most in almost two years, adding pressure on policy makers to pare stimulus measures adopted during the global recession. Comment?