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

    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 reasons why many currently stand empty.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZed Books
    Release dateApr 9, 2015
    ISBN9781783602216
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    Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country
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    Wade Shepard

    Wade Shepard is Editor in Chief at The China Chronicle

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