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Media outlets often label under-occupied development areas in China as "ghost cities" or "ghost towns". [9] [10] However, the two terms are technically misnomers since these terms describe places that previously had economic activity but have since become defunct and abandoned, while many under-occupied developments in China are new installations that have yet to receive residential occupation.
Houtouwan (Chinese: 后头湾; pinyin: Hòutóuwān) is an abandoned fishing village on the northern side of Shengshan Island (Chinese: 嵊山岛; pinyin: Shèngshān dǎo), one of the Shengsi Islands, a chain of 400 islands located 64 kilometres (40 mi) east of Shanghai, China. [1] [2] [3]
This category is settlements within the current borders of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China that have been abandoned through natural or human causes. In same places, new settlements may have been re-established on or near the older site.
The 7.1 million square foot leasing space was built on farm land and is a haunting reminder of ambitious, albeit poorly planned, urban development, which is sadly the case in many parts of China.
Leydsdorp is an abandoned mining town near Tzaneen in Limpopo province. [11] Millwood is an abandoned mining town near Knysna. [12] Plaatjieskraal is an abandoned fishing town near Pearly Beach. Pomfret is an abandoned asbestos mining town in the North West province. Putsonderwater is an abandoned town in the Northern Cape.
Jiaohe or Yarkhoto is a ruined city in the Yarnaz Valley, 10 km west of the city of Turpan in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. [1] It was the capital of the Tocharian kingdom of Jushi. It is a natural fortress located atop a steep cliff on a leaf-shaped plateau between two deep river valleys, and was an important stop along the Silk Road.
Western (front) elevation of Chaonei No. 81 during 2014.. The Buma Inn in Beijing. [1] [2]Chaonei No. 81, an abandoned mansion in Beijing's Chaoyangmen neighborhood, is claimed by believers to be haunted by the ghost of a crestfallen woman whom her husband or lover, a Kuomintang official, left when the Communist forces were approaching the city. [3]
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