Ebbing Chinese money forces Thai property developers to think twice

Weak yuan discourages investors from buying condos, causing market downturn

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Luxury apartment buildings under construction in Bangkok. Thailand's real estate sector was enjoying a boom until last year. © Reuters

MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thai residential property developers are being forced to rethink their project strategies as waning Chinese investment hurts market sentiment, with the sector having shrunk by 13% year-on-year in the first half of 2019.

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