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45 minutes outside of Beijing towards the Great Wall
of China, stands one of China's most amazing ruins: Disneyland....or
rather what would have been an imitation of Disneyland. "Occupied
around 100 acres
of land, construction of ‘the largest amusement park in Asia’ stopped
more than a decade ago. Funds were withdrawn due to disagreements over
property prices with the local government and farmers. So what is left
are the skeletal remains of a palace, a castle, and the steel beams of
what could have been an indoor playground in the middle of a corn
field."
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There are plenty of
examples of this sort of amusement park abandonment all over the United
States in the wake of superhighway expansion. However, this example of
decaying concrete, rusted steel, and flaking paint may prove to be more
dangerous to our short term global economy. Property sales which represent 10 percent of China’s growth and analysts worry that a
massive increase in inflation will burst this speculative
bubble.
(1) Environmentalists worry
about unchecked and irresponsible growth regardless of what nation spawns it and that negative economic impact is generally the handmaiden of poor
environmental stewardship.
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http://www.designyearbook.com/2012/06/deserted-fake-disneyland.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DesignYearBook+%28Design+Year+Book.blogspot%29
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