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The Story of Ordos Kangbashi, China’s Most Famous Ghost City

August 24, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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Ordos Kangbashi is a city that shocked the world. It shocked the world not because of something it had, but because of what it didn't: people. This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities Tagged With: Inner Mongolia, Kangbashi, Urban Development

What Becomes of China’s Ghost Cities

August 1, 2014 by Wade Shepard

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It was a normal outlaying area of a normal small city in the east of China. There was nothing about it that a passerby would find overtly peculiar, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Cities and Urban Development, Travel Stories Tagged With: Tiantai, Urban Development, Zhejiang Province

The Myth of China’s Big and Crowded Cities

February 24, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

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I looked out over a flat, wide-open landscape of farmland, fallow fields, and dirt lots stretching far into the distance. A small brick shack was to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Cities and Urban Development, Urbanization Tagged With: China Urbanization, Chongqing, Hulunbuir, Shanghai, Urban Development

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