"Here used to be original Asian city with lots of original style buildings. Now it has been developed and all of that is now gone. It is a pity," a … [Read more...]
Anting: China’s German Ghost City
It was a German town, designed by German architects next to a Volkswagen factory on the outskirts of Shanghai. The place had everything: housing, … [Read more...]
Ghost Town? Replica Town? Shanghai’s British Town Remains A Facade
Shanghai's Thames Town could have been a ghost city, but I really couldn't tell with all the brides everywhere. Yes, the entire village is speckled … [Read more...]
China’s Manhattan Knock-Off Aspires To Be Bigger And Better Than The Real Thing
"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...]
A Journey To China’s Largest Ghost City
"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...]
Welcome To Xinyang,The Chinese Ghost City That’s Not Even Built Yet
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...]
Not Deserted! This Chinese Ghost City Is Peopled
There were people in that city. There were walking on the sidewalks, driving cars, riding electric bicycles, talking on mobile phones, slurping … [Read more...]
New South China Mall: An Update On The World’s Largest (Ghost) Mall
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...]