Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, was quoted in the Financial Times article, "China property tax languishes as vested interests block reform." Hou is optimistic and notes that a draft property tax law has already been through several revisions. "I like to stay on the optimistic side to assume that though this seems to have stalled on the surface, ground work has never stopped," he says. "The Chinese style is, once something is announced, everything has been already done." 06/20/17