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China's Buildings Are Watching How People Shop, Cook and Steal

  • Asia’s biggest economy has invested heavily in proptech
  • Developers use the technology to monitor apartments, malls
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Fintech is changing the way people borrow, invest and pay for things. But there’s another type of technology -- most noticeably in China -- that’s altering the way urban dwellers interact with their living and shopping environments.