Inside China’s Ghost Cities

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It’s very easy to be overwhelmed by China. A booming nation of 1.3 billion people who’s increasingly prosperous lives are driving development on a scale the world has never seen. China is constantly on the move. It’s estimated that in the next decade 350 million people will leave the land for the city. It is the largest population movement in human history and it’s leading to the rise and rise of the mega city.

The old gives way to the new entire cities emerge seemingly from nowhere. Well it’s absolutely phenomenal, then when you look at the scale of the cities Chongqing with thirty one and a half million people in Chongqing. Melbourne architect Robert Caulfield is among the experts who’ve been invited in by the Chinese. They like his grand designers and have awarded him prized contracts to transform not just a few blocks, but entire cities just over in that area. There will be the new hub from sketch to animation to construction. It all happens at dizzying speed…..(Please watch the entire video to find out the rest of story).

Source: 60 Minutes Australia Channel on Youtube

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