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Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country (Asian Arguments)

by Wade Shepard

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Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue-driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reas.… (more)
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Quite interesting and comprehensive read, although repetitive at times.

The conclusion somehow reminds me of the song 梯田 by my favourite (Taiwanese) artist.

Why can’t I see the terraced fields?
There are a lot more hotels
Living and watching Western films inside
The water buffaloes have merely become pictures
Hanging on the walls
A symbol of the rich getting ever richer
Groups of foreigners want to look outside the windows at the scenery
But they can only see hotels with more storys than yours

Is humanity in a tight corner?
Wrecking the natural wildlife
Is that hard work?

Can we only use video recordings?
To give the next generation, the next generation a wake up call?
Pitiful, lamentable the green forest has already been made into a documentary
That smell of green is gone You can only enjoy the heavy pollution

Oh, my dear cows
Oh, where have you run off to?
(translated by draagon)

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Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue-driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reas.

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