THE VIDEO SHELF · china housing bubble
Why 50 Million Chinese Homes are Empty
PolyMatter explains China's housing bubble and why around 50 million homes sit empty. It covers cultural and economic reasons behind the overbuilding and the government's bind.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a clear, compact explainer on China's empty homes, ghost cities and property troubles.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- PolyMatter
- Topic
- china housing bubble
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I watched a really nice 12 mins video[0] on this topic only yesterday. I haven't fact checked it though. [0] [VIDEO]
itchyjunk on Hacker News · 2019-01
In A Fifth of China’s Homes Are Empty (2018)You might be surprised to learn why there's excess housing. Young men who are courting a lady need two or three houses to have any chance of winning her hand: Why 50 Million Chinese Homes are Empty - [VIDEO]
Fjolsvith on Hacker News · 2020-02
In China to inject $174B of liquidity on Monday as markets reopenI was befuddled by what's been going on there. So earlier today I watched this [0], it explains clearly (for a complex situation) what's been going on in China's real estate, the 'ghost cities' and the demolitions. Below that,[1] a recent look at a 'ghost …
8bitsrule on Hacker News · 2022-08
In Loan woes: China's troubled property market hits banks
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