Or how noone uses the default phone messaging app outside of the US.

US and Taiwan both are perfectly happy with the status quo, they would be the last people to start any wars there.

He’s basically just whining about his competition being able to attract more talent by offering better conditions that he doesn’t want to compete with.

It’s no different than complaining that the competition has a better/cheaper product and people are not buying yours.

Democracy is when you need a majority of votes, which they don’t have. If they did, none of this would be an issue.

So where do all the renters come from?

https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/a-quarter-of-china-city-dwellers-rent-survey-shows - same website that your wikipedia link lists as source

But none of that is relevant to the article of this post. That article talks about money to complete unfinished projects. It’s in the very first paragraph. There are people who took out loans to buy pre-construction apartments with plans to live there, who are now in trouble.

But the article is specifically talking about unfinished projects.

So you don’t have a flat to live in either, you have an abandoned construction site.