Posts Tagged ‘ Housing Prices ’

“The Sound of Rising Prices”

December 9, 2010
By C. Custer
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It may not be as well-produced as the Chinese song about rising housing prices1, but rising inflation has finally inspired its own song. The song is a parody of an already well-known tune called “The Sound of Applause” (掌声响起来, listen here). The parody version is called 涨声响起来, roughly translated as “The Sound of Rising...
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Huang Zheng’s “Sell” Music Video

June 30, 2010
By C. Custer
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A pop song about housing prices and its strikingly downbeat music video take the Chinese internet by storm, attracting millions of views and some pretty intense comments.
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Government Officials Buy Housing at 4% of Market Value

May 20, 2010
By K. E. David
Government Officials Buy Housing at 4% of Market Value

A Southern Weekend editorial on the ridiculous prices government officials get for housing even as the rest of the country suffers.
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Housing Prices Up 1.5%? "Yeah Right," Say Netizens

February 26, 2010
By C. Custer

The National Department of Statistics recently published a report on economic and social developments in 2009. Among the statistics found in the report are the past year’s housing pricing changes. In a year when people were literally lighting themselves on fire over housing issues and many complained of skyrocketing housing prices, the official verdict...
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