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As a Chinese american, this shows the house of cards that is Chinese state capitalism. China builds these types of communities as a "bribe" to exploit natural r
by aginn 14y ago
As a Chinese american, this shows the house of cards that is Chinese state capitalism. China builds these types of communities as a "bribe" to exploit natural resources in the respective country.
There are plenty examples of ghost towns in China
https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+ghost+towns&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=imvnsu&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=jS_zT4TEDKii2gXH9bXOCw&ved=0CFEQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=624 https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+ghost+towns&hl=e...
I've visited some of these places on my trips back to China. The local governments in China are typically the ones who approve and push through these nonsensical plans.
- yaakov34 14y agoThe town itself doesn't seem like much of a bribe, since the funding was provided as a loan to Angola, and is being repaid from oil revenues. Also, the vast majority of the workers were Chinese, although it's pretty usual in such cases to negotiate major employment for the locals. Source: http://negociosangola.blogspot.com/2011/04/nova-cidade-do-kilamba-kiaxi-finalizada.html http://negociosangola.blogspot.com/2011/04/nova-cidade-do-ki... Now, whether a bribe ended up in someone's pocket to enable all this - I have no idea.