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China’s Manhattan Knock-Off Aspires To Be Bigger And Better Than The Real Thing

April 3, 2013 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

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"You are building Manhattan," I joked with a group of construction workers in what is becoming Tianjin's new financial district. He nodded his head … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Knock Offs, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, China's Knock-Off Architecture, The New China, Tianjin, Yujiapu

A Journey To China’s Largest Ghost City

March 29, 2013 by Wade Shepard 63 Comments

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"We discovered that the most populated country on earth is building houses, districts, and cities with no one in them," began a report on 60 Minutes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China's Ghost Cities, Development, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Henan Province, The New China, Zhengdong, Zhengzhou

Welcome To Xinyang,The Chinese Ghost City That’s Not Even Built Yet

March 22, 2013 by Wade Shepard 3 Comments

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A massive exhibition center stood vacant next to an equally desolate museum and theater, forests of high-rises reached up into the sky but sheltered … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Xinyang

Not Deserted! This Chinese Ghost City Is Peopled

March 9, 2013 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

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There were people in that city. There were walking on the sidewalks, driving cars, riding electric bicycles, talking on mobile phones, slurping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Dantu, The New China, Zhenjiang

New South China Mall: An Update On The World’s Largest (Ghost) Mall

January 6, 2013 by Wade Shepard 19 Comments

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They were going for a monument, and a monument was what they got. At first, the New South China Mall was a monument to China's new consumer culture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Economic Development, Dongguan, New South China Mall, Shopping, Shopping Malls, The New China

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