Foshan

A factory in Foshan of Guangdong Province has sparked controversy among locals by banning workers from using toilets during working time.

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Many supermarkets in Foshan, a city in South China's Guangdong Province, have reported an increase in sales of about 50 per cent ...

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Yang has a good relationship with the local government and is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the People’s Political Consultative Conference in Foshan, one of the largest cities in Guangdong Province.

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Foshan's moves come amid declining property sales in many major cities following a series of government tightening measures that include higher mortgage downpayments and limits on purchases.

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In a statement posted on its website late Tuesday, Foshan's housing bureau said it has postponed the easing of property-tightening measures that it had announced earlier in the day.

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In October, Foshan city in coastal Guangdong province had eased restrictions on home purchases, but postponed the move less than a day after, indicating that the central government was against the easing.

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In Foshan, He Pinru's members include state-owned telecommunications and power companies, and real estate developers, who want to offer safe, good-quality food at employee canteens, he says.

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The quick local policy U-turn by Foshan, a city of about seven million people in the southern province of Guangdong, indicated that Beijing hadn't given its blessing to the modest rollback in curbs announced earlier Tuesday.

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In Foshan, He Pinru's members include state-owned telecommunications and power companies, and real estate developers, who want to offer safe, good-quality food at employee canteens, he says.

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Still, shares of a number of Chinese property developers rose on Wednesday on hopes that Foshan's move indicates local authorities are putting pressure on the central government to relax the restrictions.

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