State-backed companies emerge as 'winners' in China real estate crisis

Bleak overall outlook for sector as sales tumble and losses mount

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Apartment buildings under construction in Beijing in July. Analysts say the real estate sector is suffering from a crisis of confidence © Reuters

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- A select group of state-backed Chinese property developers are emerging as relative "winners" in the crisis engulfing the country's real estate sector, as they take advantage of private rivals' distress.

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