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She Rose From Poverty as China Prospered. Then It Made Her Poor Again.

Sun Junli is one of many small-business owners, the backbone of China’s economy, who lost everything to a change in government policy.

By Li Yuan

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China’s Property Crisis Is Rippling Through the Economy

As a real estate meltdown ripples through the economy, small businesses and workers are owed hundreds of billions of dollars, and new projects have dried up.

By Alexandra Stevenson

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How China Made Its Housing Crisis Worse

Years of inattention to building an adequate safety net for seniors, the jobless and others in financial stress have left Chinese consumers afraid to spend.

By Keith Bradsher

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China’s Property Crisis: Why It’s So Hard for Beijing to Fix

Beijing has often addressed economic troubles by boosting spending on infrastructure and real estate, but now heavy debt loads make that a hard playbook to follow.

By Keith Bradsher