Kangbashi
Kangbashi is one of hundreds of sparkling new cities sitting relatively empty throughout China, built by a government eager to urbanize the country but shunned by people unable to afford it or hesitant to leave the rural communities they know.
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Kangbashi
The Kangbashi district, planned to accommodate a population in excess of one million, is home to a lonely 20,000 people – leaving 98% of this 355-square kilometer site either under construction or abandoned altogether.via online review
Kangbashi
The city under construction, which the local authorities strive to transform into a high place of architecture, is struggling to find its inhabitants. The photographer sees in this ghost town a "villemirage", a reflection of this new urban China that is spreading at a vertiginous speed.
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