[tamana]

In my experience foreign absentee landlords aren't even very bad, because they care mainly about parking their assets outside of China, more than maximizing or even collecting rent.

[ajmurmann]

Not caring about collecting rent often leads to empty houses that now nobody can live in. That's about the worst that can happen if we want to get housing costs down.

[imtringued]

Developers prioritise luxury apartments which they primariy sell to those chinese landlords.