This brief FT article offers a slightly pessimistic outlook on China’s skiing ambitions, as well as an interesting comparison between property prices in Changbaishan and leading western destinations. It’s fair to say that China’s budding Vails and Val d’Iseres face stiff competition from the existing property mecca of Niseko just across the sea, which although not without its own problems, is now being strongly backed by the Japanese government.
https://www.ft.com/content/033b6e3c-9c4c-11e6-8324-be63473ce146
Vanke Songhua Lake Resort near Jilin, north-east China