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After the communist "land reform", the Chinese communist party / Chinese Government owns all the land in China. Now, local governments use land control and land
by temp8964 5y ago
After the communist "land reform", the Chinese communist party / Chinese Government owns all the land in China. Now, local governments use land control and land sales as their major source of revenue. The end result is that vast majority of Chinese people live in small apartments, which are designed for 1 couple + 1 kid families. In big cities, average apartment size is around 60-80 sqm. In small cities, it could be 100-120 sqm. For a family of three kids to live in those small apartments, life is gonna be really tough.
- patall 5y agoPardon me, but how is 100-120 sqm small? 60 sqm is small for 4 people yes, but everything else subject to how rooms are organized. We had 105 sqm growing up with 5 people and we had a very large living room + 4 bed rooms, no second bath room though.
- temp8964 5y agoYes. In theory you can have 10 people live in one bedroom, and living room isn't even necessary. You can even share bathroom and kitchen in the apartment building. Sorry, I am too spoiled.
- em500 5y agoIt's small for most Americans, but not for most Europeans (especially not for European city dwellers). It's huge if you live in Hong Kong.
- temp8964 5y agoWell, euro birth rate is 1.5, hong kong birth rate is 1.1. We are talking about having 3 kids here. This is the context of discussion.