外媒称中国人为结婚买房子遏制全球经济复苏

地下室的房租只占他卖手机收入的 10%，他可以将更多的钱存起来。杨有两个愿望：一是能买一套自己的房子，另一个愿望是找一个好妻子。他说：“如果我没有自己的房子，在中国就不会有哪个条件不错的女孩愿意嫁给我。”
The rent for the room in the basement only accounted for 10% of his total income from selling mobile phones and he could thus save more money. Yang has two wishes: one is to buy his own house and the other to marry a good wife. He said, “if I have not my own house, no good girls in China would like to marry me.”

房产和婚姻之间的这种联系迫使很多中国年轻人采取类似的生活方式。龚本如（音）是一个成功的电脑程序员，和杨一样，他也决定攒钱买房。
The link between house and marriage forces many young people in China to adopt similar lifestyle like Yang’s. Gong Benrun, a successful computer programmer, is also saving money to buy house like Yang.

按照中国人的标准，每月1000多美元的收入算不错了，但他却与两个朋友合租了一家商店楼上的违章建筑。两个室友睡上下铺，龚运气好一点，自己睡一张单人床。房间有窗户，但屋里充满汗味和臭袜子味。龚说他别无选择。
In Chinese people’s eyes, a monthly salary of 1000 U.S. dollars is a decent pay. But Gong still chooses to live in an illegal apartment above a department store with his two friends. His friends are sleeping on bunk beds, while Gong is a bit lucky to have his sing bed. The room has windows, but stinks with sweat and dirty socks smell. Gong said he has no choices at all.

他说，现在的中国女性都很现实， “一个人得有自己的房子才能成为可供选择的对象，所以我过这样的生活是为了能给自己买房子”。
He said that nowadays Chinese girls are very realistic and that “you must have your own house before you can draw the girls’ attention. So I am living in such a harsh condition in order to buy my own house.”

许多中国父母为孩子的情况感到担心，并开始亲自为他们挑选伴侣。房产和婚姻之间的密切关系是中国人热衷于存钱的关键理由，却不仅仅是中国单身年轻人面临的问题，也是世界经济面临的难题。一般来说，中国人将收入的三分之一以上存进银行，远远超出美国人5%的比例。
Many Chinese parents are concerned about their children and begin selecting partners for them. The close link between house and marriage is the key force driving Chinese people to save money, which is not only the problem lying ahead of Chinese single young men, but also the problem facing the global economy. Generally speaking, more than one third of personal incomes in China will be banked, far higher than the 5% in America.

很多国家要求中国增加内需，希望中国政府说服国人少存钱，多购买进口货。但在不买房就很难找到配偶的困境下，需要付出更多的努力来说服像杨家和与龚本如这样的年轻人不要再把钱藏在褥子底下。
Many countries call for China to increase domestic demand and hope the Chinese government can talk their people in saving less money and buying more imported goods. But under the scenario where having no house means having no spouse, it takes far more effort to persuade young people like Yang and Gong not to hide their money under the quilt.