A few weeks before Christmas, British Prime Minister David Cameron appeared to torpedo the European efforts to resolve the eurozone crisis when he declared Britain would not be part of the proposed debt support plans.
While many transnational companies tighten investment in developed economies in face of a lingering economic crisis to ease profit declines, Chinese firms see possibilities of making their investments mutually beneficial there.
The publication of a revised draft on idle land, released by China's land watchdog on Wednesday, is worrying industry insiders. They feel it might intensify the trend of land hoarding.