One day last summer, the man slated to become China’s next premier strolled through a run-down alley between cramped brick huts and then toured a construction site a few miles away where brightly painted tower blocks promised new homes for the country’s poor.
The contrasting neighbourhoods, both in Beijing’s poor, mining region of Mengtougou, embody the affordable housing policy overseen by Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to replace Premier Wen Jiabao in an upcoming leadership handover.
via Business feed http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1045969/china-housing-drive-gives-measure-next-premier
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