Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?

U.S. Business Insider March 5 website has published an article entitled "China's ghost terror new photos" article. The paper quoted the U.S. CBS (CBS) TV "60 Minutes" column a program, called China's many ghost towns will become notorious big disaster.
This prediction is China's largest real estate Vanke's CEO to accept the "60 Minutes" interview, the talk, he told reporters a lot of real estate debt, many real estate project was abandoned, and soon the situation might become more worse. The most frightening prospect is that the imaging situation may evolve as the U.S. housing market, mortgage crisis even worse.
Recently, this article was causing concern. "Ghost town around the pretty, but three years Soros guessed China", "Chinese foreign satellite images show a ghost town around Zhengzhou New District has the largest ghost town" and other titles shocking. However, the situation is really true?
Chung Dong New Area, "the greatest ghost town"?
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
Newly built Zhengdong New District
In the "60 Minutes" column, financial analysts Shitaluoke said, "I think China wants to build an annual 12-24 Metro." Moderator visited Zhengdong New District, discovered the "many many many miles stretching empty building," there is a vacancy for three years allegedly mall. No video shows mall merchants settled, but close to KFC, Starbucks, ZARA and other brands of signs. Chairpersons considered Zhengdong New woeful.
In fact, as early as the end of 2010, the United States announced a website Zhengdong New satellite images, and to judge from the picture, this is just "a vacancy accumulation" may be China's largest "ghost town."
In January this year, "People's Daily" wrote an article on this argument to refute. Reporters visited the site found in the population and a lot of Zhengdong New District. According to local police data, at present, Zhengdong New District resident population of 32 million people.
The data comes from Chung Dong New Area Administrative Committee, after eight years of construction, the current Zhengdong New District 5 functional areas have been gradually established and improved. CBD has become a veritable "24 never sleeps": inner and outer ring of 22 residential planning and construction, the current occupancy rate above 90%; personnel-intensive storied building, waiting for the elevator on average more than three minutes; night, many communities parking spaces All parked; Zhengdong New District area opened B19, B16, 26 road bus every morning and evening rush hour on, not on the often crowded.
Kay, who lives in the palace of the very fact of platinum, said: "I was watching Zhengdong New District developed the past two years more and more prosperous, and if someone says this is the 'ghost town', I do not agree!"
In addition, located in Shanghai Songjiang Thames Town is also unfortunate enough to be "60 Minutes" included "ghost town" in the column ......
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
Thames town visitors
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
Thames Town in wedding photographs visitors
Yunnan Chenggong is a "ghost town"?
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
Chenggong building vacancy rate is still high
Shitaluoke case of a ghost town which describe China Chenggong District: "Entering into the city like a forest of high-rise towers, but these are all high-rise buildings are vacant."
Relative to the Kunming city road congestion unbearable situation, Chenggong New Area, it appears empty streets, the U.S. "Foreign Policy" magazine will also be here to become a "ghost town."
"Life News" reporter had visited in June this year, Yunnan Chenggong. According to the local government construction workers revealed that, on the outside can not find a place to eat, only to municipal canteen. "How many people did not live, a lot of houses are empty lot, actually." Uncle who is walking, said: "there is no surrounding markets and supermarkets, grocery shopping can only go to the convenience store, very expensive! Twelve onions sold for a dollar, more expensive than the city. "
However, Yunnan University professor Xu Guangyuan disagree "ghost town" argument. "Chenggong New Area, some problems do exist, but it does not conclude accused as being 'ghost town'." He believes that "ghost town," one said to be reading too much: "In the Land of the auction there are some institutional problems, real estate developers exist a certain degree of rash. "
Chenggong New Area residential buildings for low occupancy situation, Xu Guangyuan said it was forced to go through a phase of "Kunming people still working life gravity main city, moved to Chenggong need time to adapt, Chenggong prosperity is just around the corner . "
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
Chenggong city (left) and secondary (Right)
Erdos Kamba even, Erlian, Changsha, Hunan, Henan Xinyang ......
In addition to the well-known Erdos Kamba even Area, Business Insider website that Erlianhaote, Changsha, Hunan, Henan Xinyang have a "ghost town" exists. As shown below:
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
"In the periphery of Inner Mongolia, Erlianhaote established in the desert in this city, most of the buildings are not completed, or not yet inhabited."
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
"In Hunan, Changsha City is constantly expanding from west to east, the city is large enough to have twice the size of Los Angeles."
In Hunan Province, Changsha City is constantly expanding from west to east, the city is large enough to have twice the size of Los Angeles.
"Close watch Changsha periphery of vacant buildings."
Foreign satellite images show China has ghost towns all over, really?
"In Xinyang, there are some great buildings were vacant."
"Ghost Town" is a big problem do?
For "60 Minutes" this program, the fund manager Mark Mobius (Mark Mobius) 5 7th at Business Insider website author, expressed a different view. Mobius has three decades of investment experience in emerging markets.
Mobius believes is true that China does exist poor planning and excessive construction, this can not be regarded as a universal problem.
Mobius said, "We must remember that China is a country with more than 10 million people in a country is about 700 million urban population, there are 100 urban population of over a million and you only need to walk the streets of these cities , you will find a large number of dilapidated buildings, urban renewal is needed if the price and location are reasonable, so the demand for housing is enormous. ...... With Each year, about 18 million people moved into the city, with 8% in 2013 and 2014 economic growth rate of 8.2%, we have every reason to believe that the demand for new housing will continue. "
"The Chinese government is also promoting urbanization over the next 10 years, about 300 million people moved into the cities from the countryside, if we assume that each person requires a minimum of 10 square meters of housing area, then the area of ​​the potential demand for housing up to 30 million square meters. Lot old buildings need to create, so the actual demand may be even higher. "
"I've seen how quickly investors become thoughts, and I often find that when everyone is worried about the headlines for a while, the potential bargaining space opens up. China's new government is an orderly manner towns technology, will usher in more suitable areas for China's investment ...... I am optimistic about the long-term prospects.