The resulting boom in home-ownership has been a huge factor in the emergence of a prosperous middle class—now grappling with the unfamiliar horrors of a falling market (see article).

随之而来的自置房产的热潮是促生出新兴的富裕中产阶级的一个显著因素——而他们现在正头一次经历着市场衰退带来的恐惧。

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Due to the boom in gold market in the world this year, the individual transactions of gold in China are exceptionally prosperous.

由于今年世界黄金市场兴旺，中国个人的黄金交易也变得活跃起来。

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At its most prosperous, during the construction boom in the run-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, San'ya was home to 15, 000 day labourers.

ECONOMIST: Old, down and out in Japan

While prosperous Portland is the centre of a high-tech boom, that boom has bypassed poorer rural communities reeling from downturns in logging and agriculture.

ECONOMIST: And, despite ever-expanding waistlines, it is not alone