Life in Housing Crisis | News of the Week China Nov.2023

This week in mainland China, most people are discussing one short video popped out on Nov, 15th. A young couple from Zhengzhou, Henan province were beat up by the guards of Sunac China Holding limited when they were reclaiming the promotional bonus promised by the developer before. Every element in this news is actually not new at all in China. The reason why this couple got so much attention is that they are simply banal. In other words, they are the average of the average, an epitome of common Chinese young couple.

So, what’s a common Chinese young couple like?

Liang liang and Liju, these two people both grew up in poor villages from the same province. They went into low quality Specialty training college after high school, which was already the best that could be afforded by their families. From then on, they had to earn their livi ...