In January, the southern city of Zhongshan increased a price cap on residential home sales, and the western city of Chongqing raised the minimum threshold where a property holding tax applies.

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Ford Motor Co. plans to manufacture two of its four SUVs, the EcoSport and the Kuga, in the southwestern city of Chongqing.

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Observers worried last year when the southwestern city of Chongqing took action over a price-labeling issue at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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Also badly affected has been Chongqing, a city the size of Belgium.

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At the outset, and in spite of limited resources, Chongqing's city fathers culled 5 million RMB from limited funds to support the company.

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Jiangjin prospered when it was absorbed into the central part of Chongqing in 2006 as part of a government initiative to integrate outlying areas into the core city through transportation infrastructure.

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While in the city, Mr. Browne also test-drove a new alternative-energy car at the site of state-run Chongqing Changan Automobile Co.

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