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Topic 1-Housing coupons²

 

As first tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have seen another round of housing price hike, third and forth³ tier cities are still undergoing a sluggish⁴ housing market. Local governments are getting creative in trying to cut inventory⁵.

 

As did the local government of Erdos, North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous⁶ Region, it's rolled out a housing coupon¹ system to encourage residents to buy property.

 

Topic 2-Victims suggest changing the regulation on married couple shared debt liability

 

Try to picture this scenario⁷: debt incurred⁸ during a marriage, then the couple splits, now should both parties share the liability?

 

Some victims, who have suffered from debt crisis because their ex-spouses borrowed a great amount of money, are clamoring for an amendment⁹ on the country's marriage law.

 

Topic 3-Voice message on wechat

 

Since WeChat came out in 2011, it has become the most influential¹⁰ communication app in China, with over 800 million registered accounts. Its voice message function has, on the one hand, released our hands from typing, on the other, created unexpected inconvenience for people. There's a whole new set of social etiquette¹¹ in using the voice message function.        

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