In China, Home Buyers Occupy Their 'Rotting', Unfinished Properties
GUILIN, China—For six months, home for Ms. Xu has been a room in a high-rise apartment in the ...
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GUILIN, China—For six months, home for Ms. Xu has been a room in a high-rise apartment in the ...
For six months, home for Ms. Xu has been a room in a high-rise apartment in the southern Chinese city of Guilin that she bought three years ago, attracted by brochures touting its riverfront views and the city's clean air.
The proliferation of unfinished apartments has sparked unprecedented collective disobedience, fuelled by social media
GUILIN, China - For six months, home for Ms. Xu has been a room in a high-rise apartment in the southern Chinese city of Guilin that she bought three years ago, attracted by brochures touting its riverfront views and the city's clean air. Her living conditions, however, are far from those promised: Unpainted walls, holes where electric sockets should be...
Chinese home buyers are moving into "rotting" apartments to pressure developers and authorities to complete them as numerous cash-strapped builders halt construction amid the country's deep real estate slump.