Fred Rocafort in The Dispatch

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“In part this is because of restrictions on other types of investments and capital flows. At the same time, the property ladder has become a veritable obsession for society at large, perhaps to a greater degree than it has here in the United States, in part because of the social implications of owning (or not owning) an apartment,” said Fred Rocafort, a legal expert on China and a former diplomat.