Chengcheng Jiang

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China's Real Estate Downturn Spells Trouble for Global Economy

The world's largest trading nation's economic growth remains heavily dependent on property, meaning a sharp downturn in that sector would be felt across Asia and beyond

By Chengcheng Jiang / Beijing

China's Property Bust May Drag Us All Down

Analysts have warned for years that China is in the midst of a gargantuan property bubble and the inevitable reckoning may have finally arrived as massive oversupply and a tightening of credit appears to be crushing the market—with consequences for the global economy

By Michael Schuman and Chengcheng Jiang

China Slaps Bans on Totally Harmless U.S. TV Shows

Shows like NCIS, The Big Bang Theory, The Good Wife and The Practice have disappeared from sites like Sohu TV, iQiyi and Youku, indicating they are just too wild and crazy for impressionable Chinese youth to handle

By Chengcheng Jiang / Beijing

A Burial Plot In Beijing Now Costs as Much as a House in Parts of the U.S.

With prices in Beijing cemeteries increasing more than 30% per year, the Chinese capital is a place where many simply can't afford to die

By Chengcheng Jiang / Beijing

Zhang Yaxin: Photographing Chairman Mao's Model Operas

In 1967, Zhang Yaxin was 34 and working as a photojournalist at China’s state-controlled Xinhua News Agency when he was assigned to a top-secret government project: to be the official photographer of a new arts program led by Chairman Mao and his wife.

By Chengcheng Jiang
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