china has 12 ghost cities

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http://nyti.ms/cy57Gd

Analysts estimate there could be as many as a dozen other Chinese cities just like Ordos, with sprawling ghost town annexes. In the southern city of Kunming, for example, a nearly 40-square-mile area called Chenggong has raised alarms because of similarly deserted roads, high-rises and government offices. And in Tianjin, in the northeast, the city spent lavishly on a huge district festooned with golf courses, hot springs and thousands of villas that are still empty five years after completion.

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.[

[sdduuuude]

I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.

[sdduuuude]

I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.

[sdduuuude]

I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.

[sdduuuude]

I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.

[sdduuuude]

I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=sdduuuude]I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.[/quote]

Bingo on the USSR comparison. China is one vast Potemkin Village. It has a shiny, pretty facade on the outside, but behind and beneath its a total friggin’ mess.

When you add the “One Child” policy to the various other significant ills (pollution, growing discontent in the populace with unfair income distribution, social unrest, etc), you’re faced with a country that will grow old before it grows rich, unless another revolution takes place, which is well within the scope of possibility.

As many American and European companies have found out: You do business with China at your own peril.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=sdduuuude]I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.[/quote]

Bingo on the USSR comparison. China is one vast Potemkin Village. It has a shiny, pretty facade on the outside, but behind and beneath its a total friggin’ mess.

When you add the “One Child” policy to the various other significant ills (pollution, growing discontent in the populace with unfair income distribution, social unrest, etc), you’re faced with a country that will grow old before it grows rich, unless another revolution takes place, which is well within the scope of possibility.

As many American and European companies have found out: You do business with China at your own peril.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=sdduuuude]I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.[/quote]

Bingo on the USSR comparison. China is one vast Potemkin Village. It has a shiny, pretty facade on the outside, but behind and beneath its a total friggin’ mess.

When you add the “One Child” policy to the various other significant ills (pollution, growing discontent in the populace with unfair income distribution, social unrest, etc), you’re faced with a country that will grow old before it grows rich, unless another revolution takes place, which is well within the scope of possibility.

As many American and European companies have found out: You do business with China at your own peril.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=sdduuuude]I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.[/quote]

Bingo on the USSR comparison. China is one vast Potemkin Village. It has a shiny, pretty facade on the outside, but behind and beneath its a total friggin’ mess.

When you add the “One Child” policy to the various other significant ills (pollution, growing discontent in the populace with unfair income distribution, social unrest, etc), you’re faced with a country that will grow old before it grows rich, unless another revolution takes place, which is well within the scope of possibility.

As many American and European companies have found out: You do business with China at your own peril.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=sdduuuude]I know many are bullish on China these days, but I can’t help but wonder if their long-term prognosis looks very similar to that of the former Soviet Union.

The thing about centralized planning is – if you make a mistake, you affect billions of people all at once and it doesn’t make them happy. China seems destined for some social unrest in the long term.[/quote]

Bingo on the USSR comparison. China is one vast Potemkin Village. It has a shiny, pretty facade on the outside, but behind and beneath its a total friggin’ mess.

When you add the “One Child” policy to the various other significant ills (pollution, growing discontent in the populace with unfair income distribution, social unrest, etc), you’re faced with a country that will grow old before it grows rich, unless another revolution takes place, which is well within the scope of possibility.

As many American and European companies have found out: You do business with China at your own peril.

[faterikcartman]

In 1984 Oceania is always at war with Eurasia or Eastasia as one way to keep the populace under control.

China has almost 200 million more men than women. That alone could lead to unrest.

Can you connect the dots and find a possible solution for China?

[faterikcartman]

In 1984 Oceania is always at war with Eurasia or Eastasia as one way to keep the populace under control.

China has almost 200 million more men than women. That alone could lead to unrest.

Can you connect the dots and find a possible solution for China?

[faterikcartman]

In 1984 Oceania is always at war with Eurasia or Eastasia as one way to keep the populace under control.

China has almost 200 million more men than women. That alone could lead to unrest.

Can you connect the dots and find a possible solution for China?

[faterikcartman]

In 1984 Oceania is always at war with Eurasia or Eastasia as one way to keep the populace under control.

China has almost 200 million more men than women. That alone could lead to unrest.

Can you connect the dots and find a possible solution for China?

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