Friday Asia Digest – Theme Parks Flourish as Indo/China’s Thrill Ride Ends

Friday Asia Digest – Theme Parks Flourish as Indo/China’s Thrill Ride Ends India‘s declining currency and less than regulated business environment has finally caught up with its speculative real estate sector, with international investors rattled by the Indian Government’s increasing focus on offshore structures and threat to apply tax rules retroactively to purchases and sales of India domestic entities through offshore entities, as well as seemingly un-addressed lack of regulation … [Read more...]

China Real Estate Below the Surface: Making Deals & Government Policies

China Real Estate Below the Surface: Making Deals & Government PoliciesThe Real Estate DealsAs mentioned in the previous article, the sheer size and diversity of China’s different regions and the all-but-endless expansion and growth inherent in its economy (pictured on right – yet another Beijing mega-plex construction site), mean that deal mining is quite possible and can be quite attractive, at least on initial “paper” terms.Because Chinese rural or semi-rural areas are often the … [Read more...]