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Apr 13, 2025 • 12 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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China's GHOST Cities

$170 BILLION worth of Empty Cities, Abandoned Skyscrapers, and Fake European Towns that nobody lives in

Here are China's most Haunting Ghost Cities: Image
1. Ordos

A $161 billion ghost city built for 1 million people.
• Currently 90% empty
• Built during the coal mining boom
• Looks like a sci-fi movie set
• Most apartments are owned by investors who never lived there
2. Jun Ming's Ghost Districts

• Population size of Madrid
• 15 skyscrapers demolished in 2021
• Unfinished since 2013
• Empty kindergartens
• Abandoned hospitals
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3. Tianducheng: "Paris of the East"

• Complete with Eiffel Tower, pairs streets and buildings replica
• Empty Champs-Élysées
• Planned for 10,000 residents
• Current population: 1,000
• Too expensive for locals
• Mostly tourist attractions
4. Yujiapu: "China's Manhattan"

• $50 billion investment
• Empty skyscrapers
• No rush hour traffic
• Promotional video mocked NYC
• Ironically, it became more deserted than NYC
5. Thames Town: "Little London"

The Replica of London City
• Red phone boxes ✓
• Fish & chip shops ✓
• English pubs ✓
• Victorian architecture ✓
• People? ×
• Another failed replica city
6. Chenggong: The Student City

• Failed city turned university hub
• 7 colleges moved in
• Busy during term time
• Ghost town in winter
• Gradual transformation
7. Why Does China Keep Building?

• Property = safe investment
• Chinese can't invest abroad easily
• Real estate drives economic growth
• Middle-class parks money in empty homes
• Construction = GDP growth
8. Why This Matters:

• Shows risks of rapid development
• Property bubble warning
• Environmental impact
• Resource waste
• Economic sustainability questions
9. China's ghost cities represent human history's largest real estate bubble.

Only time will tell whether they become thriving metropolises or remain empty monuments to excess.
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