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Brand New Ghost Town in China

Al Jazeera has news from Ordos in Inner Mongolia, a wealthy coal-mining town in Inner Mongolia. The city is designed to house one million people, yet almost nobody lives there yet.

This is quite extraordinary, and smells like Dubai – a modern city has been built, mosty by Chinese citizens seeking a safe haven investment (and the banks are letting them) – and virtually nobody is living there. Watch the video: