GHOST CITY - Inside the Chinese Housing Bubble
What it is
ADVChina tours Chinese ghost cities and discusses the housing bubble, with speculative buyers purchasing empty apartments as investments.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked in threads on China's property glut as visual evidence of empty, investment-driven housing, later seen as foreshadowing Evergrande.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Here's some helpful audiovisual material”
Explains speculative investment behind empty Chinese housing
Tade0, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “China's housing glut casts pall over the economy”
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Topics: ghost cities, china, real estate, property bubble, economics
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