Yang had initially offered to pay 21 pounds (around Rs 2,300) a month, but her employer refused, only charging her enough to ...

With local rents ranging from Rs 9,415 (800 yuan) to Rs 21,184 (1,800 yuan), Yuan could not afford to pay and afford other basic amenities.

A young woman in China who struggles with high rents is paying 50 yuan (US$7) a month to live in a toilet. The woman, surnamed Yang, 18, comes from a rural family in Hubei province in southern ...