What Ever Happened To China’s Ghost Towns?

The Chinese political leadership announced the country would continue its priority of building up small and medium-sized cities first, while keeping strict control on the its largest cities to curb unbridled growth.

The Chinese government has restrictions on the movement of people from smaller towns to the large metropolises as it seeks to stave off the formation of shantytowns around these mega cities as well as avoid the strain on their infrastructure due to the influx.

China: Eerie ghost towns

Substantial infrastructure and housing were created in these small and medium sized towns, but the lack of jobs and opportunities led to their populations migrating away to the larger cities.

These mostly unoccupied towns soon became internationally notorious as China’s ‘ghost towns.’...