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Fabric of Life: The Final Days of Hong Kong’s Famous Pang Jai Market
Catch a last glimpse of Kowloon’s Pang Jai fabric market, once a thriving center of East Asia’s textile industry, before it makes way for new construction
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
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Building Blocks
Long blamed for congestion and social disunity, China’s gated communities continue to be desirable places to live
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Occupational Hazards
Red tape and reluctant tenants have closed some of China’s best historical buildings to the public
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Just what do migrants contribute, anyway?
Beijing’s future economic plans leave little room for the itinerant and low-paid
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Nail ‘Hood
In a Beijing village, a community of strivers clings to a doomed existence
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