This article says differently: http://qz.com/540571/baidu-found-chinas-ghost-cities-but-it-is-keeping-their-locations-mostly-a-secret/ http://qz.com/540571/baid

This article says differently: http://qz.com/540571/baidu-found-chinas-ghost-cities-but-it-is-keeping-their-locations-mostly-a-secret/ http://qz.com/540571/baidu-found-chinas-ghost-cities-but-it-... Conversation on HN about that article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10506174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10506174 By using baidu data, they created a normalized score of how populated an area is versus what would be expected for such a development. Ordos Kangbashi is still 20% below the expected level and it drops much further for parts of the year.