This week, Tsinghua University also accepted us to their LL.M. program, but we're sticking with Peking, based in part on Will's advice. Now to find an apartment...
Apartment-hunting in Beijing is proving more difficult than one might think. We've been scouring the following websites looking for options:
...but we've come up with nothing. We think that Peking will help us out, but we really have no idea. So if you're reading this and you have experience in such matters, drop us a line.
The other question is: what exactly will we rent? According to China Law Blog, the state owns the land a building sits on, and a natural-born or legal Chinese person can own the fixtures on the land. But the state places limits on how long the fixtures (read: buildings) can sit on the land, which creates a bit of uncertainty. So, in essence, we'll be leasing property that the state can, theoretically, yank at any time. And, to make matters more interesting, leases are considered simple contracts, and not any kind of interest in the land itself, like in the U.S. In other words, we will be learning Chinese law before we even arrive in Beijing.
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