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China's 1.4 billion population isn't enough to fill the country's empty homes, former official says
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China isn't really limited by construction resources. There's a heavier constraint in terms of hospital staff and teachers than there is on construction resources.
Maybe they aren't running out of concrete and steel, but they are taking out loans for these construction projects.