China’s ghost cities are far more common than one might think. Take the State Guest Mansions, a development envisioned as the palatial homes for the upper crust of society. Now their only ...

Shengshan Island is a completely abandoned island town in Eastern China — and it was captured on video by a visitor. All of the structures are still standing, now covered by ivy and other foliage.

WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng traveled to an abandoned “ghost town” to see the challenge China’s real-estate slump poses for the government. Photo: Antoine Morel for The Wall Street Journal ...

However, after some 25 years since first unveiled, the town has failed to do its magic and attract people - and has been reduced to an abandoned ... Elsewhere in China you can see replicas ...

An curved arrow pointing right. China's massive growth has given it a really weird problem: it has a bunch of empty cities. Produced by Zach Wasser Follow TI: On Facebook More from Tech China's ...