China's Bid to Tame Economy Begins a Real Estate Bust

SHENZHEN, China -- Sweating in the bright afternoon sun, the men and women stand on the sides of the roads like homeless people clutching wrinkled cardboard signs. Waving the boards, the real estate agents call out to cars zooming by.
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Ariana Eunjung Cha

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