People who live in half-built houses
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China’s massive economy is threatened by an unprecedented housing debt crisis.
Just months before Xi Jinping ushers in a historic third term, banks are failing and protesting real estate investors are withholding mortgage payments because developers haven’t finished building their homes.
In some cities, owners who bought their apartments off-plan have decided to simply move their families into unfinished towers, ignoring warnings to stay away.
The BBC’s China correspondent Stephen McDonell traveled to Xi’an to meet some of them.
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