Beijing (CNN)More than 100 years ago, this grand building was a thriving hotbed of finance -- dozens of traders bought and sold currencies, stocks and bonds. Today, China's first stock exchange is unloved and dilapidated -- its arched roof and brick walls providing a low-cost home to eight families. It's a riches to rags transformation that many of the building's residents are only vaguely aware of. "I never feel I live in a historical building; I'm only afraid that it would one day collapse," resident Xiao Xiaoxiao told CNN. Xiao moved into a 20-square-meter room on the first floor of the site seven years ago when she got married. Read More Her subdivided apartment sits at the entrance of...
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