裸体官员

China's Naked Officials

-by Qiao LiAs a young, aspired citizen, I try to fulfill my share of "American dream" by working to become a homeowner in Pasadena, California. It didn’t take long for us to realize that our meager savings limited what we can buy, but what surprised me more was the number of "cash-offer" deals that out-bided us everywhere! How did we get accustomed to cash-only offers? And how could our housing market possibly be affected by corruption in China?