The i vs 1 issue was in my history books as a child. I was so very surprised to find it labeled as a conspiracy theory!
The only part of the OP's research In curious about is the Chinese Ghost cities were urban explored, and they're calling apart. If they were a backup emergency plan... It's not going to work. Which is curious too. Did the builders not know, or was it just creating jobs?
FWIW: I only ever saw one video on the "Ghost Cities" many years ago, so I wouldn't die on this hill, but the new construction was very, very shoddy. Totally unacceptable by American standards. If the superficial finish residential stuff I saw was bad, the more demanding infrastructure would have been significantly worse.
I think that even though their standards may be lower there, I suspect that if real people had ever actually relocated to them to any extent, we would have heard at least a small amount of, "Chinese complain their brand new cities suck dead donkey dick."
All this is a long way of saying I believe they were always just an enormous fascist grift by the (Communist In Name Only) CCP and developers and builders. No one was ever going to live there and no one ever did. Later, the corrupt fucks took their money, ran off to America, and are living in my neighborhood.
I would take this opportunity to add that The World's Most Horrible Dictator Since Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, is on to this grift and will not put up with it:
On property, the statement restated "housing is for living in, not for speculation"... and highlighted that local governments should take responsibilities in "guaranteeing the delivery of homes",...
So now we start to see why They want you to think Xi is The World's Most Horrible Dictator Since Donald Trump.
The i vs 1 issue was in my history books as a child. I was so very surprised to find it labeled as a conspiracy theory!
The only part of the OP's research In curious about is the Chinese Ghost cities were urban explored, and they're calling apart. If they were a backup emergency plan... It's not going to work. Which is curious too. Did the builders not know, or was it just creating jobs?
FWIW: I only ever saw one video on the "Ghost Cities" many years ago, so I wouldn't die on this hill, but the new construction was very, very shoddy. Totally unacceptable by American standards. If the superficial finish residential stuff I saw was bad, the more demanding infrastructure would have been significantly worse.
I think that even though their standards may be lower there, I suspect that if real people had ever actually relocated to them to any extent, we would have heard at least a small amount of, "Chinese complain their brand new cities suck dead donkey dick."
All this is a long way of saying I believe they were always just an enormous fascist grift by the (Communist In Name Only) CCP and developers and builders. No one was ever going to live there and no one ever did. Later, the corrupt fucks took their money, ran off to America, and are living in my neighborhood.
I would take this opportunity to add that The World's Most Horrible Dictator Since Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, is on to this grift and will not put up with it:
President Xi Chaired The July Politburo Meeting Today: Here's What Happened (ZeroHedge 7/28/2022)
So now we start to see why They want you to think Xi is The World's Most Horrible Dictator Since Donald Trump.
I saw the same videos from urban explorers. I think one possibility is manufactured economy. All those supplies. All those jobs.