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napoleon_in_rags

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1. That's an understatement. Have you heard of the "ghost cities"?

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 01:27 AM

Dec 2011

Only a google search does it justice:
https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ghost+cities+china
Frankly they seem awesome to me, I want to live in a ghost city, and write sci fi. I hope the line from the article "Experts say the government could also lift its buying restrictions." means I can buy an apartment in one, but it probably doesn't.

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LA Times: China's housing bubble is losing air [View all] marmar Dec 2011 OP

That's an understatement. Have you heard of the "ghost cities"? napoleon_in_rags Dec 2011 #1

China is experiencing the effects of the "global economy" and "free trade". AdHocSolver Dec 2011 #2

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