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Re:Canada Is Preparing Steel Quotas, Tariffs on China and Ot... by mac01021 on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @11:38AM (#17409017)
Maybe I'm just stupid, but I'm not getting it:

> Underlying all this is the simple fact that China can't allow real-estate prices to decline significantly. Politically, homeowners have come to expect their property values to rise continually in a one-way bet. [...] Rather than run those risks, China is simply ramping up development.

Isn't ramping up development to increase housing supply exactly the way NOT to keep housing prices high?

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Re:Canada Is Preparing Steel Quotas, Tariffs on China and Ot... by digitalzombie on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @12:01PM (#17409260)
Right but they need the increase development to sustain their growth iirc from my news reading.
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