Chinese border trading hub struggles amid North's troubles

Dandong

INTERNATIONAL sanctions on North Korea have kept housing in China's border city of Dandong in a glut, in contrast to falling inventories in much of the rest of China, sales data showed.

Dandong, through which much trade with the North flows, has a population of around 860,000 and more unsold housing than much larger cities, including Nanjing with a population of 8.2 million, Hangzhou at 9.2 million and Shenzhen with 11.9 million.