CRISIS FOCUS Housing Conundrum

On July 8, 2010, the troubled U.S. residential mortgage funds providers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said goodbye to the New York Stock Exchange. Despite gloomy future     

A Structural Conundrum

The United States is being plagued by unemployment.Particularly since the financial crisis,high unemployment has become one of the most pressing social problems in the country.In the current election year,it will also be one of the key factors that decide the result of the general election in November.Statistics from U.S.Department     

The Consumption Conundrum

<正>China wants to bring purchasing power back home Li Yu,a 28-year-old young mother who lives in Beijing,has joined the ranks of overseas online shoppers since her son was born last summer."Almost everything my son eats,wears and uses is purchased on overseas shopping websites like Amazon,"said Li,explaining that cheaper prices and higher quality are major     

Globalized Food Conundrum

<正>Countries need to work together to deal with food safety challenges in the era of globalization Chinese people like to say,Eating comes first.That being said,they are also keenly aware thatillness finds its way in by the mouth.Food safety     

Wildlife Protection Faces New Conundrum

正When ferocious beasts loom in human domains, there is no doubt they will trigger local screams. And as of late, such scenes have not been uncommon across China. On April 23, an adult Siberian tiger pounced on a villager toiling on his farmland in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and then fled the scene. Later, when people tried to trace the tiger, the animal slammed aggressively into the window of their vehicle with the seeming intention to hurt someone.     

中国人权面面观（上）：中国公民政治参与度越来越高

近年来,中国政府在尊重和保障人民人权方面的成就举世公认,有目共睹。为此,我们采撷了一组文章,从不同侧面分两次对中国人权状况作一扫描。     

Remote County Solves Rural Credit Conundrum

IT was deemed a problem withou a solution. For decades, Chines and foreign experts have wrestle over ever-more elaborate microcredit schemes with the sole aim of lift- ing Chinese farmers out of poverty, yet most are too poor to present the collater- al necessary for a loan. But now it seemsthat a remote county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has solved the in- soluble, entirely on its own. The Hutubi County solution has created a new kind of collateral: the old-age endowment in- suran…     

Housing Pains

A TV series on the struggles of city dwellers tobuy homes touches a raw nerve Wo Ju or Snail's Home, a Chinese TV series centered on the financial struggles of     

房价波动、住房保障与消费扩张

房地产价格波动已经成为影响中国居民消费稳定增长的重要因素之一。尽管房价上涨对拥有住房的家庭具有财富效应,促使其消费增加,但对没有住房的家庭会形成预算约束效应,导致消费减少。如果房价下跌,对居民消费的负面影响更大。住房保障可以抑制房价过快上涨,促使房价稳定,从而通过财富效应渠道,扩大中高收入阶层的消费需求。同时,住房保障对于中低收入阶层具有显著的消费扩张效应。因此,完善住房保障制度,稳定房价,尽力满足中低收入者的住房需求,是扩大中国居民消费需求,促使居民消费率稳步提高,增进社会总福利的有效途径。     

Housing Market Challenges

<正>According to figures from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS),the number of unsold homes in China has kept growing since 2011,with the total area of unsold homes rising from 272 million square meters at the end of 2011 to 686 million square meters by October 2015.These NBS figures are particularly striking considering that they only take into account unsold homes that have sales permits.Meanwhile,the number of unsold homes without the permits is much larger.     

The Housing Dilemma

正Major players in China’s property market are determining which direction the market will take One year after deciding to buy an apartment, Wang Jian, a 25-year-old website editor in Beijing, finally sealed the purchasing deal this June. Her two-bed room 95-square-meter apartment in the     

Easing Housing Woes

A new housing law brings the hope of decent housing for everyone Legions of urban residents now pricedout of China’s booming housing market may soon get relief under a new law working its way     

试析房屋买卖纠纷案件的类型及对策

伴随着我国经济体制改革的深入,房地产业有了长足的发展,由此产生的纠纷不断增多,处理不当易造成矛盾激化,影响社会稳定。本文就房屋买卖合同效力的确认,房屋买卖纠纷案件的类型及对策作以研究,旨在能对实践有所指导。     

Solving the Climate Change Conundrum The Marrakech conference paves a rocky road toward action

正Sleeping three to four hours every day,having little time to eat,dealing with different groups of negotiators,and running from one event to another—that was the life of Xie Zhenhua,China’s special representative on climate change affairs,during this year’s climate change conference.Acting as the head of the Chinese Delegation since 2009,the 67-year-old hailed the Paris     

China＇s Housing Security System and Housing Rights Security for Citizens

The right to adequate housing is a basic human right. During the transition to the market economy in China,it is a new issue for the Chinese Government to ensure everyone, particularly the families with the low- to-medium incomes, has the access to adequate housing while increasing the supply of houses. Housing is a basic tight of people, and everyone in China will enjoy the adequate housing, said Wang Guangtao, the Chinese Minister of Construction.     

Rescuing the Housing Marker

OVER a decade ago,people used to take delight in telling a story contrastion Chinese and American consumption habits.     

A Decent Housing Example

正Though fast-growing China has created a lot of wonders in the past more than 30 years of reform and opening up, the achievements of its Liaoning Province's ambitious shantytown renovation project still deserve much attention.     

Cooling The Housing Fever

正Regulations to continue in the property market to curb price hikes In Dandong,a small Chinese border city across the Yalu River from North Korea,housing prices have skyrocketed since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's announcement that the country will focus on economic development by opening up to the outside