Some Chinese state property developers stiff their suppliers, defying edicts and worsening slump


For two years, Richard Zhang has travelled to Shenzhen every few months. It is a trip many make, usually to spend leisure time in the gleaming metropolis, built in decades and a monument to China’s rapid development.

But he is no tourist. He has travelled across Guangdong province from the capital of Guangzhou to demand a state-backed construction and development firm pay what he is owed.

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