Property News · November 1, 2017

Tip of the week: Take ‘social surveys’ – even by the UN – with a hefty pinch of salt


New York is the world’s most competitive city, a survey by the United Nations and China’s foremost think tank has found. Shenzhen was the highest ranked mainland city, while Hong Kong fell six places to 12th, undermined by its record-high property prices.
– SCMP, October 31
I wonder how much the United Nations was involved in the key bits here, when the finer details seem to have come from the state-run Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. But let he who is innocent throw the first…

Source : South China Morning Post
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