Tenant tells of her distress caused by landlord's last-minute decision

Wang Ting had lived in Beijing for seven years in student accommodaton before she decided to rent an apartment in June last year when she got her first job, with a foreign company.

However, after just one year, she has had to move to another place due to the rent increases imposed by her landlord.

"A normal rent rise is acceptable to me, but I didn't expect it to rise at such a rapid rate," the 25-year-old said.