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November 18, 2010

Through the looking glass with China's housing market

"A Chinese housing bubble is not like an American housing bubble," writes colleague Jay Hancock, who is right now in that country.

I'll let him tell you what he means, but here's a hint: They've got a completely different sort of vacancy going on there, the kind that wouldn't be unfamiliar to action-figure collectors who never lay a finger on their toys.

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About Jamie Smith Hopkins

Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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