NEW YORK/SINGAPORE : A liquidation order for China's most debt-laden developer begins a drawn-out process for creditors that is likely to lay bare the depths of China's real-estate downturn and leave builders locked out of global debt markets as investors...

As foreign investors and home buyers lose confidence in China’s property market, developers are offering cars and pigs to boost sales. WSJ examines ads and policies to see how the country’s real-estate turmoil could ripple out into the global economy. Pho...