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The ecosystem of people who rely on a strictly online audience or clients for their revenues risks imploding.
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China’s economic struggles, such as an imploding property sector, a regulatory crackdown on big tech, and sluggish consumption, have also weighed on the city’s role as a link to the larger economy up north.
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In the temple's crumbling courtyard, little remains… mostly empty pedestals scattered among the Sralao trees.
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This medieval village was built onto a cliff overlooking the sea, where you can get lost in the narrow lanes among crumbling buildings with laundry dangling on clotheslines.
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“Self-destructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-destructing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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