Why is China building eerie 'ghost cities'?

[j.w]

Below is an interesting article about China that you may enjoy.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=260645

 

[mogsie]

strange indeed ! in the first photo you can see the wake off the boat so somebody is driving it !
here is another link as to what could be an explanation to one case !
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8691083.stm

 

[DrCase]

It stays a lot cleaner that way

 

[j.w]

Mogsie, it said there are two people living in that new city. Where do they live in there I wonder? Anyways what a waste of money

 

[99SRXMAN]

WORLD DOMANATION and more pics of walmart people:yikesu:B) :yikesu:

 

[Johnnie]

WORLD DOMANATION and more pics of walmart people:yikesu:B) :yikesu:

WORLD DOMANATION? Not in a long long time. China has been busy in catching up with USA. For example, USA built Hoover Dam in 1936, and China has built its 3 Gorges Dam (see pics) with jumbo turbines, which will become fully operational by 2012.

Becuase of the dam project, it appears that China needs lots of "ghost towns" to house 5 million-displaced-residents. China's 3 gorges dam has flooded cities, displaced, and forced 5 million people to relocate. 1 million residents were relocated so far, 4 millions more will be relocated by 2020.

 

[DrDave]

That was my first thought as well. China desperatley needs that dam and the displaced people need homes.

 

[j.w]

But they say they ran out of money and stopped work in 2005 so they better get on the stick and get those people moved in soon or what's the good of it............just a waste? Says they didn't get approval to build it all w/ permits.

 

[mogsie]

strange things go on in china, the report says they ran out of money yet economically they are booming, import to china for raw materials is massive, here in uk the price for scrap metal is soaring because china is buying it all, and they are paying good money for it. plus they are raping the 3rd world for its mineral and metal ore deposits, mining africa for copper and cobalt, and now mining brazil, who are currantly trying to limit china's mining investments i there country ! china is going global on a massive scale, and i think that most western countries including america are intimidated by china ! not because of its communism but because of its capitalism,

 

[DrDave]

I was there 4 years ago and saw all the construction going on before the Olympics. They were building thousands of 4 story, 16 home complexes along a highway for over a hundred miles. They also had the cleanest and best landscaped highway, I had ever seen.
That is saying a lot since San Diego has some of the best in the nation.
I know the cement they are getting from the USA has driven the cost to us sky high.

 

[j.w]

I really don't know what to believe. Everyone has different ideas.

http://www.whtc.com/blogs/post/rkingman/2011/feb/08/ghost-cities-china/

 

[morewater]

Below is an interesting article about China that you may enjoy.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=260645

http://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshe...-now-90-full-but-theres-a-twist/#55364fb076f4

 

[j.w]

I can't read it @morewater it's really blurry.

 

[morewater]

Hit the "Continue to Article" arrow in the upper-right hand corner.

 

[j.w]

I have adblock and it won't let me. I found this on another site. Is this what you are talking about:
http://www.citymetric.com/skylines/...are-chinas-ghost-cities-still-unoccupied-1180

So it appears there is hope and someday the place will be full.