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This excellent Wendover clip looks at why the Chinese economy is slowing, as a result of its housing crisis and the state of its property market. 
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Scoop.it!
Singapore had a severe housing shortage decades ago. But it developed one of the world's best public housing programs, which has also allowed a huge number of its citizens to buy their own homes.
Graham Watson's insight:
Another crossover between economics and geography, this Bloomberg clip looks at how Singapore solved its postwar housing problems. And given the state of the UK housing market, might we think about adopting a similar approach?
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An excellent look at how demographic change has altered the Chinese housing market, and the switch from state-provided housing to private sector provision.
It's a lengthy clip but gives a very good overview of the past 30 years of Chinese economic history and the centrality of the housing market to both its rise and, potentially, its ongoing fall.