In Chongqing only 10% of the government's annual sales of undeveloped rural land are subject to the dipiao system.

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In Chongqing it applies only to luxury homes and in Shanghai only to owners of multiple top-end properties.

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My only other contact with the police was in Chongqing.

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Newspapers including the Chongqing Economic Times and China Daily published only a report by the official Xinhua News Agency in their inside pages, without further commentaries.

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"Mom had a stroke last year, and the hospital charged 18, 000 yuan, but we could claim back only 1, 000 yuan from insurance, " said Mr. Luo, the Chongqing umbrella seller.

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