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Urban exploration, or "urbex" for short, is growing in popularity in China, where a years-long property sector crisis has left many cities dotted with empty buildings. Xu Pengcheng, a 29-year-old ...

Urban exploration is growing in popularity in China, where a yearslong property sector crisis has left many cities dotted with empty buildings.

Xu Pengcheng looks over his shoulder and, after confirming the coast is clear, helps his crew of urban adventurers climb through the broken window of an abandoned building.

China's recent property market downturn has left many abandoned large-scale projects ready ground for urban explorers. "I don't think you would find sites like this in Europe," long-time explorer Brin ...