this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2023
139 points (92.1% liked)

Technology

59381 readers
2520 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
139
China launches test runs for world’s largest plant that can convert coal to ethanol (www.scmp.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

China launches test runs for world’s largest plant that can convert coal to ethanol::undefined

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

65 million empty according to your link.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Many developments initially criticized as ghost cities did materialize into economically vibrant areas when given enough time to develop, such as Pudong, Zhujiang New Town, Zhengdong New Area, Tianducheng and malls such as the Golden Resources Mall and South China Mall.[15] While many developments failed to live up to initial lofty promises, most of them eventually became occupied when given enough time.[6][16]

Reporting in 2018, Shepard noted that "Today, China’s so-called ghost cities that were so prevalently showcased in 2013 and 2014 are no longer global intrigues. They have filled up to the point of being functioning, normal cities".[17]

Writing in 2023, academic and former UK diplomat Kerry Brown described the idea of Chinese ghost cities as a bandwagon popular in the 2010s which was shown to be a myth.[18]: 151-152 

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

23rd February 2017

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I gave you three links (not a quote from one person on Wikipedia) with roughly five years between them, including this year, one of which was built in another country by the Chinese. Another would be the half-finished Sihanoukville in Cambodia, which saw China withdraw its investment and left many holding their bags. Overinvestment in areas with millions of empty rooms in China and abroad and a complete waste of resources is only contested by you.

Some more here: https://allthatsinteresting.com/chinese-ghost-cities

And here: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-ghost-town-deserted-chinese-mega-villas-overrun-farmers-2023-7?op=1

And here: https://uschinatoday.org/features/2022/01/11/cities-lost-in-limbo-are-chinas-ghost-cities-here-to-stay/