After delays, attributed by the developer, Urban Residential, to more stringent city-imposed safety requirements, the project missed a deadline of April 1, set in the offering plan, and most buyers were given a chance to back out of their contracts.
China's long-entrenched controls over where people may live and work have become a subject of unusual public debate here, with critics attacking the stringent efforts by cities to curb the entrance of rural migrants and bar them from choice jobs.
The figure is surprisingly high given the city's stringent public smoking ban.
The figure is surprisingly high given the city's stringent public smoking ban, among the toughest in the country.
Revelries in Beijing were sharply curbed anyway, though, by the pervasive fear of infection and the city's stringent new controls on public events and touring.
Consultants, unlike lobbyists, do not have to file reports under the city's stringent lobbying laws, meaning that Mr. Powers also does not have to disclose his fees.
Aside from the shabby condition — it is clearly the poorer northern cousin of Wollman Rink — the city's stringent rules for public pools can be irritating.
Ms. Quinn has responded by calling the ad a "disgrace" and labeling it a troublesome intrusion of outside money into the city's stringent campaign finance system.
They were consciously modeled after the ones soccer referees show as warnings, and with pictures of everything from litter to a dog mid-dropping, they announce the city's stringent new policies on quality-of-life infractions.
But the proposed legislative fix, which was supported by many unions, was described by government watchdog groups as overreaching, and the Campaign Finance Board fiercely criticized it, saying it would create a "gaping loophole" in the city's stringent campaign rules.
Critics said the measure, introduced nine months ahead of what is expected to be a closely contested mayoral race, would effectively outsmart the city's stringent campaign finance system, which tries to rein in spending by interest groups and candidates alike.
