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Spanish media outlet mocks framing of China's falling housing prices as a "crisis"

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17d ago· 2 min readesOpinion

Summary

The article is a sarcastic/satirical commentary reacting to a Spanish economic newspaper (El Economista) that described China's housing market situation as a "crisis" because new home prices have been falling for 36 consecutive months. The author mocks this framing, pointing out that falling prices make housing more affordable in 52 of China's 70 major cities, and that over 90% of Chinese residents are homeowners. The piece criticizes Western media's tendency to frame housing affordability improvements as a crisis, contrasting it with Spain's own unaffordable housing market.

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bskySpanish media outlet mocks framing of China's falling housing prices as a "crisis"diario.publico.es

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Una "crisis" sin precedentes que ha provocado que sea más asequible comprarte una casa en 52 de las 70 principales ciudades del país asiático, una situación nada envidiable.
Ante este desvarío de llamar crisis al abaratamiento de la vivienda...
Pobrecitos, más del 90% son propietarios
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Acostumbrados a que los precios de la vivienda no dejen de aumentar mes a mes, a veces nos despista que en otros países puedan comprarse una casa.

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