• Hell13no@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    They don’t own it. They leased it for 99 years from the country. A lease that can be revoked

  • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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    1 year ago

    The title sounds happy but if you’re chinese, that’s a call of desperation due to social norm.

    For sons in particular, it’s down to the Bank of Mum and Dad - and underpinned by the marriage market.[…]

    […]Chinese parents know their sons’ chances of marrying well are materially increased if they own a home.

    Dr Jieyu Liu, deputy director of the SOAS China Institute, told the BBC: "It is the custom that husbands will provide a home.

    No home no car = no marriage. Idk if you want that.

    The article also pointed to France, but also stated they chose not to own a house and prefer renting. Mainland Chinese(or Asian in particular) need to do it due to social expectation. Using the materialistic culture to proof your communism point is…ironic.