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Putin picks a successorPosted by Banyue, December 11, 2007 5:25 PM
Today's Oriental Morning Post announces that the so-called most expensive apartments in China, Tomson Riviera, will be asked to cut prices or go rental-only. The Shanghai Real Estate and Land Resources Management Bureau suspects the developers of listing the apartments at artificially-high prices, among other illegal practices. Apartments at Tomson Riviera, located at Lujiazui in Shanghai, are priced at over 100,000 yuan per square meter, sixteen times the average price of housing in Shanghai when they were first listed two years ago. The front page photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin and deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev was anointed by Putin as his favored candidate to in the presidential elections next year. Other headlines:
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The Line 1 extension opened yesterday for test runs, but not to the public. In other words, trains no longer turn around at Gongfu Xincun, the former terminal station, but passengers will not be able to ride past it (or arrive at it from the north) until December 29, when Lines 6/8/9, the 2nd Line 1 extension and the rest of Line 4 all open simultaneously.