China’s brand-new abandoned cities could be dystopian movie sets

China ’s building boom has created a ton of abandoned urban center and massive downfall — most of which are brand newfangled , and have never had masses survive in them . Here are the derelict Taiwanese metropolis , mostly progress in the last 10 years , which could be sets for your next dystopian movie .

Kangbashi New Area, a district of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, Northern China

In 2003 , Ordos functionary start the provision a new 1 million soul city district . Thanks to a $ 161 billion investment in 2010 , the “ Dubai of Northern China ” has the mental ability for 300,000 masses — but only 20,000 - 30,000 residents . It is n’t a ghost town due to economic outlet — the political science simply ca n’t convince people to move there .

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New South China Mall, the largest shopping mall in the world based on gross leasable area, Dongguan, Guangdong Province

It has been 99 % vacant since its 2005 opening .

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Chenggong District, Kunming, Yunnan Province

Less than 10 percentage of the construction are occupied .

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Beichuan, destroyed by the Sichuan earthquake in 2008

Now it ’s a memorial park .

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An abandoned villa district in Zhangmutou, Guangdong Province

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The abandoned and maybe never occupied 40 sq mile (104 sq km) eco city of Jing Jin, Tianjin

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Florentia Village, Wuqing, Tianjin

It was a corn field for decades , but now it boasts a fantastic canal , lots of Italian houses and a Colosseum - like shopping centre . The total task be about $ 220 million , finance by a local mining caller .

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Little Paris or Tianducheng, near Shanghai

The gate community , built in 2007 , has an Eiffel Tower , some Parisian house and the Champ de Mars . There is enough space to house at least 100,000 people — but there are only around 2000 resident , which lend a “ ghost town ” feeling to this place .

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Little London or Thames Town, near Shanghai

Another gate community of interests , open in 2006 , Thames Town boasts some Tudor - style houses , the River Thames and an almost Gothic church service . Because of the high prices , it ’s a ghost townsfolk , but a really fantastic ground for marriage ceremony picture . you may read more about China’scopycat architecture here .

The bizarre copycat architecture of China

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Wonderland Amusement Park, 20 miles outside of Beijing in Chenzhuang Village (never opened, construction stopped)

This unfinished andabandoned amusement parkwas design to be the declamatory amusement Mungo Park in Asia , but expression discontinue in 1998 . The developer wanted to restart it ten days later , but they failed .

The Crumbling Chaos of Abandoned Amusement Parks

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