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- Comment on Macron heads to China for talks with Xi on trade ties and Russia's war in Ukraine 2 weeks ago:
Germany’s foreign minister to visit China next week, as EU prepares to toughen up on trade
The European Union is expected to toughen its trade stance on China next month, with signs that Germany - the EU’s largest member and economy - is aligning with the shift and that the 27-member bloc may be sufficiently united to push through policy changes that deepen ties with like-minded trading partners …
China’s weaker economy and its move up the value chain of industrial production means it is no longer the reliable market it once was for German exports.
But Germany still remains a key investment partner for China, which is struggling to attract fresh funds as its post-COVID recovery struggles for momentum …
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- Comment on Hong Kong student urging probe into deadly fire leaves police station 2 weeks ago:
So can he demand accountability now? Or will this be again seen as ‘crossing the line’?
- Comment on Why China Can’t Sort Out Its Property Market Mess 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Why China Can’t Sort Out Its Property Market Mess 2 weeks ago:
The degree of Chinese propaganda in this thread is astonishing even for Lemmy. It’s almost hilarious how the reality (may it be intentional or unintentional) just to make the West look bad and China portraying as the big and only.
There is a lot wrong in ‘the West’ with housing, and countries offering sometime reasonable solutions, and sometimes not. But China has a long way to go also in this respect as the housing condition for a large portion of Chinese people is devastating.
As one research study (here is the archived link) says:
Depending on how one defines homelessness, China has either a very tiny homeless population or an extremely large one. Compared to other countries, there very few vagrants: people living on the streets of China’s cities without means of support. But if one counts the people who migrated to cities without a legal permit (hukou), work as day laborers without job security or a company dormitory, and live in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions on the edge of cities, there are nearly 300 million homeless.
Unlike the ‘communist’ agenda of China that is conveyed here in this thread, a study’s conclusion is:
Free market fundamentalism is responsible for the emergence of this sort of homelessness in China.
Another commentary concludes,
China is confronted with a housing paradox. The housing market is crashing, yet more than a fifth of the Chinese population is homeless.
It’s really is to find reliable and very good sources on homelessness in China.
It also tells you a lot that as anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires, Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’ – (archived link).
But I understand that you cannot discuss this here. As some sort of projection of their own behaviour, they accuse others of ‘propaganda’ and ignore the facts. It is likely this why Lemmy is still a niche and, as long as this sentiment prevails, will never meaningfully grow imo.
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- Comment on Why China Can’t Sort Out Its Property Market Mess 3 weeks ago:
Oh, yes, sounds very impressive. But don’t make the mistake that ‘ownership’ in China means the same as in Western democracies.
In 1949, when the People’s Republic of China was founded, all land was nationalized. Although the (most) residents didn’t pay rent, the government owned all the land.
In 1980, Deng Xiaoping changed the law and formalized the ownership, but this didn’t change the fact that the land was -and sill is- owned by the state. Property rights in mainland China are some sort of ‘lease rights’ (IIRC 70 years for private property and 50 years for commercial property).
It is true that by this law, most of Chinese citizens indeed have been ending up with property/lease rights. But be aware that the government can revoke this right at any time for no reason as the government still owns the land.