Inside China’s failed $85bn city of the future that became empty ghost town…because ‘mega-Milton Keynes’ is too BORING

THE $85 billion “model” city trumpeted by China as a pioneering solution to overcrowding has fallen flat as a “boring” and deserted “ghost town”.

Xiong’an – a “Covid-proof” smart development – was touted as a “model city in the history of human development”.

GettyThe high speed railway station in Xiong’an is squeaky clean – and often deserted[/caption] GettyThe futuristic mega-city is crammed full of identical tower blocks[/caption] GettyA construction site in an area where...