Wuhan housing manager rolls out barbed wire against square dancers
Despite barbed wire, hazard cones and a make-shift 100-meter long fence, a group of square dancers continued to…
Anhui winery models toilet after U.S. congress building
A Anhui winery built toilets in the style of the U.S. Capitol Building Anuhui News reported on May…
Shanxi police chief has 8 false identities, 7 fake names
A Shanxi police chief was dismissed for allegedly using multiple identities to amass a fortune in illegal money…
Cities with the highest housing inflation in 2013
Housing prices continue to rise quickly in China. According to data from City House.cn, 14 major cities experienced…
“Residents only pay 111 RMB/month for housing” Says China Statistics Bureau
From 21st Century Economic Report via Yahoo Statistics Bureau said Chinese monthly expenditure of residential housing is 111…
The ten years of a Chinese middle class
From Netease: Autumn of 2000, 26-year-old Michael carried his luggage and hopped onto a train going to Shanghai.…
Sanya’s “Hammer Action” to pull down the city’s biggest slum
Sanya (Hainan province) is a popular tourist destination at the southernmost tip of China, famous for its tropical…
When low-rent housing becomes civil servant’s year-end bonus
From LWGCW: When (春运 Chunyun) the mass passenger transportation is occurring around the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year),…
“Egg house” is an illegal construction, to be removed
(Netease) A Beijing drifter young man named Dai Haifei built and placed this egg shaped house under the…
Young man builds egg shaped dwelling in Beijing as his home
Dai Haifei (戴海飞), 24 years old form Hunan province, built and placed an egg shaped small house in…
A true dwelling in Shanghai
蜗居: literally Snail Living, like a snail in its shell, living in a small home; the small place…
Hainan “Building Thin Thin” demolished
(daqi) July 10, Haikou, Hainan, the law enforcement personnel were directing the two excavators to demolish the most…
How long does it take you to buy this home?
In the traffic congested city streets, an advertiser was busy handing out flyers for the newly constructed condos.…
The war’s on! Peasant builds blockhouse to fight against force demolition
(From ctdsw) To protect his contracted property from being demolished by force, 56 years old peasant Yang Youde…