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32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital (www.asiaone.com)
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[โ€“] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/even-chinas-14-bln-population-cant-fill-all-its-vacant-homes-former-official-2023-09-23/

For the housing thing

[โ€“] sunbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Super weird. I didn't know about that.

Probably the state invested so heavily in the sector that they created a bit of a bubble. Then to have them slow down suddenly would pop it.

I think it's wasteful but not as bad as having not enough houses for everyone and a housing market that's sucking most of the populace dry.

With a bit of innovation, maybe the market will find a use for all the apartments.