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Shanghai’s Dutch Ghost Town

August 16, 2013 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

"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...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China, Dutch Architecture, Gaoqiao, Ghost Town, Shanghai

Anting: China’s German Ghost City

August 13, 2013 by Wade Shepard 18 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: Anting German Town, Anting New City, Architecture Copycatting, Shanghai, Western Architecture

Ghost Town? Replica Town? Shanghai’s British Town Remains A Facade

August 6, 2013 by Wade Shepard 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, Articles, China, China's Ghost Cities, Urbanization Tagged With: China Urban Development, Shanghai New Towns, Thames Town

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

April 3, 2013 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

"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

"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

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

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

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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