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jmbar2

(8,135 posts) Mon May 11, 2026, 11:05 AM 3 hrs ago

China's "City of the Future" - what they are building while tRump burns America to the ground

This is very impressive, except for the ability to monitor every aspect of residents' lives.

Link to tweet

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China's "City of the Future" - what they are building while tRump burns America to the ground (Original Post) jmbar2 3 hrs ago OP

Isn't that the boondoggle that no one is living in? mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #1

China has around 50 large "ghost cities", however... jmbar2 2 hrs ago #3

frequent articles posted on DU... mike_c 2 hrs ago #2

A lot of the stuff posted about imminent collapse in China, Russia, and even the US are based on hopes Renew Deal 2 hrs ago #5

And I thought this was going to be about Shenzen Renew Deal 2 hrs ago #4

After touring China last fall, I said if the US started immediately, and sinkingfeeling 1 hr ago #6

mwmisses4289

(4,633 posts)

1. Isn't that the boondoggle that no one is living in?

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:18 PM

2 hrs ago

Or am I confusing it with one in the Middle East?

jmbar2

(8,135 posts)

3. China has around 50 large "ghost cities", however...

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #1)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:32 PM

2 hrs ago

their approach is to build the cities out in advance of population shifts. As the video says, they are thinking 50 years from now. Some of the earlier under populated sites have seen population growth later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoccupied_developments_in_China

mike_c

(37,127 posts)

2. frequent articles posted on DU...

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:29 PM

2 hrs ago

...suggesting China's imminent collapse are way premature, I think.

Renew Deal

(85,320 posts)

5. A lot of the stuff posted about imminent collapse in China, Russia, and even the US are based on hopes

Reply to mike_c (Reply #2)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:43 PM

2 hrs ago

Not based on reality. China has problems like everyone, but they are growing and modernizing. The current pace could lead to a time where China is a leader on tech, the environment, and diplomacy. The current path for the US under Trump is making the US a follower and gadfly while China moves towards leadership.

The "China Update" youtube channel is a particularly notorious piece of fantastical anti-China propaganda that is regularly posted on DU.

https://www.youtube.com/@ChinaUpdate

Renew Deal

(85,320 posts)

4. And I thought this was going to be about Shenzen

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:40 PM

2 hrs ago

sinkingfeeling

(57,985 posts)

6. After touring China last fall, I said if the US started immediately, and

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 01:11 PM

1 hr ago

spent all of the Pentagon's budget and taxed the billionaires 50%, they will never catch up to China's infrastructure and technology.

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