At least there has been a credit check system (in the US). But in China anyone can borrow money to buy a house
Yi Xianrong , of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Finance and Banking, on why the mainland should be s concerned by the US subprime home mortgage crisis, which has been causing havoc in the world's stock markets this week.
It's kind of creepy that many people have seen me naked. I feel like I'm the world's biggest porn star
Spencer Elden, 17, whose naked body appeared on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind, one of the world's best known record covers. The Seattle-based rock band's lead singer Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994.
If [the clothes] weren't washed, we could be selling them at much higher prices
Singer Joey Yung Cho-yee, on the 3,000 pieces of hand-me-down clothing from herself and celebrities such as Twins duo Charlene Choi Cheuk-yin and Gillian Chung Yan-tung, and Grasshopper member Remus Choy Yat-kit, which are on sale at a temporary store in Tsim Sha Tsui store for the next two weeks.
