There were 4.7 billion square metres of housing under construction but not yet available for sale at the end of last year, up by 25% from the end of 2011; 452 million square metres of housing were on sale, nearly three times as much as at the end of...
The results of this two-tier system have been meagre so far. The frenzy in the biggest cities stems from the central banks steady loosening of monetary policy over the past 18 months. Although warranted from an economic perspective, it was inevitable...
Chinese property 中国房地产 For whom the bubble blows 泡沫为谁而破 House prices are soaring in big cities, but oversupply plagues much of the country 大城市房价飙涨,但产能过剩才是全国性的问题 SHANGHAI, Chinas financia...
The world this week-Politics 本周政治要闻 In Pakistan an Islamist suicide-bomber killed 74 people, including many children, in a park in Lahore, capital of the province of Punjab. 一名伊斯兰教徒在拉合尔(Lahore)的公园内引爆自...
Foreign-owned firms in Zimbabwe were given a deadline of April 1st to comply with a law that requires them to hand 51% of their ownership to indigenous citizens. Banks and mining firms are among those affected by the law. 依照津巴布韦(Zimbabw...
Football's governing body, FIFA, posted its first annual loss since 2002, citing increased development expenses and higher competition costs. It also revealed that Sepp Blatter, the disgraced former president, had received a pay package of $3.7m, the...
Business this week 本周经济要闻 The saga at Valeant rumbled on. Michael Pearson decided to quit as chief executive of the troubled Canadian drugmaker. He acknowledged that the past few months, during which time the company has been criticised f...
Business this week 本周经济要闻 The saga at Valeant rumbled on. Michael Pearson decided to quit as chief executive of the troubled Canadian drugmaker. He acknowledged that the past few months, during which time the company has been criticised f...
The cat in the hat can be merged with a verb phrase to create a new object, a sentence: The cat in the hat came back. And that sentence can be merged into bigger sentences: You think the cat in the hat came back. And so on. the cat in the hat再与动词...
Johnson 约翰逊 Noam Chomsky 诺姆乔姆斯基 The theories of the world's best-known linguist have become rather weird 世界最知名语言学家提出了更诡异的理论 FEW disciplines are so strongly associated with a single figure: Einstei...