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To circumvent local government's restriction on sharp price drop, Chinese real estates developers literally handed out gold ingots to home buyers. (lemmy.nz)
submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy to c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/12/gold-bars-used-to-lure-chinese-homebuyers-amid-market-slowdown

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[–] CommieCretzl@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Where in this article does it say anything about local government restrictions? It says that this is a single housing firm doing this as a marketing stunt.

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Read past the first paragraph:

Part of the reason that property developers are struggling to shift stock is that several cities, in an effort to stabilise the market, have banned developers from cutting prices.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

It's usual for the western social media to point out anecdotal occurings and then project it on entire country as normality.