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Real estate sales plummet during the Olympic month

Beijing TimesSeptember 2, 2008 The Beijing Olympic Games didn't save Beijing's fizzling real estate market from gloom, despite the hopes of investors and developers. According today's Beijing Times, which cited statistics from the Beijing Construction... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Tue, Sep 02 2008

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