China housing stocks slump on revived talk of property tax law

Senior official unexpectedly makes work on the law a priority for the year

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Residential apartment blocks under construction in Beijing

NIKKI SUN and ZACH COLEMAN, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING -- Stock prices of major Chinese property developers slumped up to 10% on Friday after a senior official unexpectedly revived talk of prioritizing a proposed property tax in this year's legislative work.

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