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With revenues from land sales falling by more than 20 per cent last year amid mounting debt, local governments in China are being forced to scale back public services, with the job security once offered by public sector or state-owned firms under pressure.
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Three years ago they shared their struggles to find home with Tyee readers. We checked back to see how they’ve fared.
Inside the existential crisis of Chinatowns across America Claire Wang © Provided by NBC News Over the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has profoundly altered the streetscapes of America’s Chinatowns, transforming these working-class bastions into ghost towns, protest zones, then open-air cafeterias. Even before much of the United States went into lockdown in March, these historic neighborhoods were taking a hit. As early as Lunar New Year, when many businesses make a large share of their annual revenue, merchants across the country were reporting declining profits; by the...