HONG KONG -- The Chinese Communist Party's long-awaited third plenum wrapped up this week without producing clear and immediate relief for the country's ailing property sector -- troubles illustrated by the latest data on developers' dwindling contracted sales.
Contracted sales are a core source of revenue that mainland developers need to fund their projects and, more crucially under the circumstances, service their mounting debts.
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