I have yet to see an army convoy down Xichang Lu. You either build around the Mask or just leave Kundu as is, cause that's the only thing worth keeping there. Though I must admit, I pop into SoHo for some eye candy sometimes.

@Alex: Kundu is army property, I think they could do better than host all those lousy bars (Mask is okay).

You want another shopping mall there?

I've heard from Chinese friends that new regulations are coming into place that will no longer allow the military to lease its property to private businesses. Apparently this also means that military hospitals will no longer be allowed to take civilians as paying "customers." Apparently the government (Xi, I suppose) doesn't want the military profiting from the private sector in any way.

The Kundu closures may have something to do with this. Maybe not. But that's what I immediately thought of.

Will this affect Moondog do you think?

I also heard it was new regs prohibiting the army from doing business. The hotel next to Robert's School is army-owned and appears to be closed with white stickers too.

It all boils down to who owns the army doesn't it

It's all just for show. Some bigshot is in town. It'll all be back to normal biz in a month. The PLA has been making its own profit for the last ten years with central partys indifference. Xi might be able to roll the heads in the civilian ministries, but the PLA is a different beast.

Seems to me letting the military run, and/or profit from, private businesses is a bad idea anywhere.