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China's Famous "Ghost Town" Failed with Humans - so It Replaced Them with Robots

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Imagine a city built to 22nd-century standards, with giant stadiums, architectural museums, skyscrapers and luxurious infrastructure - but its streets are completely silent. For almost two decades, the city of Ordos (and especially the new Kangbashi district) in northern China was the bleakest symbol of China's bursting real estate bubble. The vision was grandiose: in 2004, construction began on a futuristic metropolis on an area of 32 square ki…
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Imagine a city built to 22nd-century standards, with giant stadiums, architectural museums, skyscrapers and luxurious infrastructure - but its streets are completely silent. For almost two decades, the city of Ordos (and especially the new Kangbashi district) in northern China was the bleakest symbol of China's bursting real estate bubble. The vision was grandiose: in 2004, construction began on a futuristic metropolis on an area of 32 square ki…

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וואלה! broke the news in on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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