Lesbian couples in Beijing and Guangzhou were rebuffed recently for trying register their marriages.
Beijing and Guangzhou cities both posted a monthly gain of 3.1%, the highest price hike in China.
That's added some 27 million square feet of shopping space to cities like Beijing and Guangzhou in China and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
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The latest trend is for foreign investment flows into second and third tier cities rather than the major eastern seaboard cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.
Month on month prices of new homes declined in some cities, but remained stable overall, including in the tier one cities of Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.
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Rising housing costs in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou have exacerbated the problem of rising inequality in China, as the major city centers become unaffordable to many middle class and lower-middle class Chinese.
Kejian also focuses on second-tier Chinese cities such as Wuhan, Chengdu and Shijiazhuang, leaving the biggest markets Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to the global leaders.
The usual suspects Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou led the ongoing spike in housing prices.
Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou have more than their fair share of luxury restaurants, high-end shops and fancy restaurants.
It has 2, 000 employees and over 75, 000 Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) with its logistics network bases located in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
House price increases occurred in metropolitan cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, led by Hangzhou, which posted a modest increase of 0.6%.
Until now, most of China's explosive growth in auto sales has been concentrated in the wealthier coastal areas near Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where big, expensive sedans are popular.
The study said the Middle Kingdom's Internet users numbered 103 million by June, second only to the U.S. Six months ago, Google held the largest market share in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, the three cities surveyed.
"Local governments are also keener to support e-commerce retailers, which contributes to higher employment and meaningful tax revenue for the city, " said Mr. Shen, adding that the company plans to expand further in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where it currently has a presence, and into second-tier cities such as Chongqing and Chengdu.
He described the way people talk and misbehave while he plays, especially in the cities outside Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai.
According to the NSB index of residential property prices in 70 tier 1 and tier 2 cities, prices fell in highly populated cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen to name a few.
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This is especially true in second and third tier cities, ie: not Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing.
The ancient capital Beijing and the southern commerce and industrial hub of Guangzhou grew nearly as rapidly.
One cannot imagine many more cars on the roads of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
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Only four cities registered rising real estate prices month-over-month for new homes, including the majors: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Prices of newly built homes in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou were marginally lower compared with November, the statistics bureau's statement said.
But in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Beijing, the China view looks more like that of middle class Eastern European nations like the Czech Republic than an emerging market where most people still earn just a few hundred dollars a month.
In January, Shenzhen saw the biggest gain of 2.2% with Beijing second at 2.1% and Guangzhou third after a 2% jump.
China has an estimated 250 million migrant workers, most of them in Guangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Users in Beijing and many other major Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, reported the same problem.
At present, the Chinese retailer is planning Samsung Experience Shops in nearly 30 outlets in Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Chongqing.
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Chongqing are generally classified as Tier 1 cities, while provincial capitals are generally classified as Tier 2.
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