{
  "id": 10321442,
  "title": "Italy attracts wealthy Chinese property buyers with food, fashion – and flat tax",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/italy-attracts-wealthy-chinese-property-buyers-with-food-fashion-and-10321442",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T00:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3368963/italy-attracts-wealthy-chinese-property-buyers-food-fashion-and-flat-tax"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Italy is becoming a magnet for wealthy property investors thanks to its high quality of life and flat tax regime, and interest is also on the rise among mainland Chinese and Hong Kong buyers, according to property agents. Rome introduced a flat tax regime nine years ago to attract high-net-worth individuals, with foreign residents allowed to make a flat annual tax payment of €300,000 (US$342,000)…",
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        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
        "title": "Italy attracts wealthy Chinese property buyers with food, fashion – and flat tax",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/italy-attracts-wealthy-chinese-property-buyers-with-food-fashion-and",
        "published": "2026-09-28T00:00:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}