Financial Times (November 23)
“China’s repeated attempts to tackle its worsening property crisis resemble firework displays — full of light and sound, quickly extinguished. Property stock prices have burst upwards with each new set of government measures to boost the market, only to collapse shortly thereafter. This week’s rally should not differ.”
Tags: Attempts, Boost, Burst, China, Collapse, Crisis, Extinguished, Fireworks, Government, Market, Property, Stock prices, Tackle, Worsening
Gulf News (January 1, 2014)
The home to the world’s tallest skyscraper claimed another spectacular record with the world’s largest firework celebration. “It took only a minute for Dubai to break the previous world record,” held by Kuwait, with 100,000 fireworks. The ensuing minutes brought the total number of fireworks to 500,000, many of which were set off in view of the Burj Khalifa.
Tags: Burj Khalifa, Celebration, Dubai, Fireworks, Kuwait, Record, Skyscraper
