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Chinese Developers Face Pinch

4.7.12, DINNY MCMAHON And ESTHER FUNG

BEIJING—Hounded by loan sharks, the once-highflying real-estate king of Baotou, a boom city of about two million people in Inner Mongolia, finally reached his breaking point. Last month, Wei Gang checked into a hotel and hanged himself, according to local police.