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4. The video of the empty cities is eerie.

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 05:19 PM

Dec 2011

The narrator said a condo selling for $300K the buyer would have to put 50% down & pay off the balance in a few years. WTF?

http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-chinese-ghost-cities-2010-12#heres-chinas-most-famous-ghost-city-ordos-1

Google China's ghost cities & you'll get some videos, too.

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China emerging as another danger spot in the world economy: Paul Krugman [View all] xchrom Dec 2011 OP

something fishy is going on internally there. xchrom Dec 2011 #2

Murky as a derivative. aquart Dec 2011 #3

The video of the empty cities is eerie. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #4