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January 26, 2010
Real estate: China's catch-22
Real estate are the main source for local governments to get money, and the lingering crisis because of excessive spending might be hard to solve, says Victor Shih in NPR. China is having a property crisis of its own, much different from that in the United States, but no less severe.
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McElwee, Charles R. II
Environmental, energy lawyer; professor at Jiaotong University

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Charles R. McElwee has practiced environmental and energy law for 27 years, all at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., now in its Shanghai office. He represents a range of clients in the U.S. and China in a variety of matters including specifically environmental, energy, import/export issues in the People's Republic of China; environmental and energy issues related to stock and asset transactions; structuring carbon trade and NOx and SO2 allowance trade agreements; environmental due diligence; U..S. Natural Resource Damage review; Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Safe Drinking Water Act; state public utility commission preparation and pleading; U.S. EPA conformity and appeal. .
Mr. McElwee is also a Professor of Law at Shanghai Jiao Tong University's School of Law.

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