(Advanced) China's Ghost Cities revisited

Vocab:

Pa_isian
In_ongruous
A_pirations
_ust about
make a _o of
stay _float
vo_ume-based
ve_dor
boa_ded up
pro_per
_entality
Ha_tily
Fran_
at the w_ll of
o_t-perform
ra_pant and unchecked
_nfamous
mining _oom
free _eign
at a pre_ium
short-_ived
in_lux
reporte_ly
eer_e
i_le
ur_an explosion
to come_o pass
bubble _rap
from sc_atch
a_id
tur_ of the century
mind-bogg_ing
_interland
to have a sa_
mi_ders
in _arshot
re_ettled
make the mo_e
social _ngineering



1. Why don't the Chinese have to go to Paris anymore?
2. What collides in Tianducheng?
3. What can you buy on Champ Elysees square?
4. Why don't people want to move to the city?
5. How is the government responding to the failure of The Great Mall of China?
6. Who is Li Tie?
7. Why does the reporter find him refreshing?
8. Why were developers given free reign in the district of Ordos?
9. Why did people never come?
10. Who is Tom Miller?
11. What does Tom say about the prospect of the bubble bursting in China?
12. What is the government’s aim with new cities like Lanzhao?

China's Ghost Cities revisited