The United States' Coalition Support Fund will give Pakistan $700 million, Pakistani Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Dec. 26, Radio Pakistan reported.
China will continue to build affordable housing and adhere to control measures in the real estate sector in 2013, Chinese Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Jiang Weixin said Dec. 25, Xinhua reported.
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