At 130 km from Beijing, an ancient model city of Evergrande was to embody the power of the Chinese real estate sector. Today, its unfinished facades and abandoned equipment serve as a cheap refuge for a handful of pensionersThe autumn is cool in this village of Hebei, in the windy valley of the Yongding River, at the edge of the Guanting reservoir, 130 km north of Beijing. Two couples of pensioners are working in a "clandestin" vegetable garden.…
At 130 km from Beijing, an ancient model city of Evergrande was to embody the power of the Chinese real estate sector. Today, its unfinished facades and abandoned equipment serve as a cheap refuge for a handful of pensionersThe autumn is cool in this village of Hebei, in the windy valley of the Yongding River, at the edge of the Guanting reservoir, 130 km north of Beijing. Two couples of pensioners are working in a "clandestin" vegetable garden.…