Official data showed that more Chinese cities saw home prices rise in October from September.
Other Chinese cities, including Dezhou in Shandong Province, have embraced solar water heaters as well.
The statistics bureau will issue its December data on property prices in 70 Chinese cities Wednesday.
Mr Halfon says Pfizer has expanded in the past couple of years into over 130 Chinese cities.
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However, housing prices in 100 major Chinese cities were lower year-to-year for the second straight month in May.
Late last year several Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, began requiring weibo users to register their real names.
Firework displays were also held in the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai.
Users in Beijing and many other major Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, reported the same problem.
In major Chinese cities, home sales and prices declined last year, which analysts attribute to more strictly implemented property restrictions.
Tennis courts and academies are sprouting up in many Chinese cities, attracting youths who aspire to become the country's next big stars.
Eastern Chinese cities have been closing live poultry markets and taking other precautions to limit the spread of the new virus.
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Air quality in Beijing and other Chinese cities reached hazardous levels during the winter, sickening residents and prompting many to wear masks.
Property prices in most Chinese cities have fallen for a fifth consecutive month, underpinning government success in curbing speculation in the market.
Since opening its first KFC branch on the Chinese mainland in 1987, Yum has nearly 5, 000 restaurants in more than 800 Chinese cities.
By late March, shoppers in some Chinese cities were clearing supermarket shelves of soap, laundry detergents and shampoo based on the media reports.
Beijing and major eastern Chinese cities have closed live poultry markets and are taking other precautions to limit the spread of the new virus.
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As an aside, in a previous decade I would tell American business people that Shanghai, Beijing and other Chinese cities were not irrelevant backwaters.
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An increasing number of Chinese cities saw falls in new home prices in November, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported over the weekend.
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China Mobile, for instance, recently announced that it will build out its 3G networks in eight Chinese cities before the Olympics--an opportunity for IDT.
But publisher Shanghai People's Publishing House gave the book market appeal with a slick billboard campaign in the downtown areas of major Chinese cities.
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In December 2011 several Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shenzhen, began requiring weibo users to register with their real names before posting comments online.
Shantou may be feeling Asia's crisis more than other Chinese cities, but the rest of the region would be happy for such modest problems.
Eastern Chinese cities have been closing live poultry markets and taking other measures to try to contain the disease which has killed six to date.
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There are major differences in how and in what way the digital tools are used in Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Chinese cities.
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Although Chinese cities have expanded quickly, the country's urbanisation rate of 52.6 per cent is still below that of countries at similar levels of development.
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.
Wal-Mart currently runs 60 stores in more than 30 Chinese cities - employing about 30, 000 staff - and plans to expand its operations in the country.
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With 47% of the population now living in cities, eight Chinese cities have a population of more than 10 million, and 93 have more than 5 million.
Eastern Chinese cities where most H7N9 cases have been concentrated have closed live poultry markets and are taking other precautions to limit the spread of the new virus.
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Eastern Chinese cities where most H7N9 cases have been concentrated have also closed live poultry markets and taking other precautions to limit the spread of the new virus.
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