China's Ghost Cities

A few years ago, I watched a video by a couple of guys on a channel called ADVChina.  They were touring a building and poking fun at the poor workmanship and declaring that this was quite common.  Winston had moved to China from South Africa while Matthew was from the United States.  Both found jobs as language teachers.  They both had an interest in motorcycles and touring the country, which led to their channel.  Both fled China in 2019, which coincided with the Hong Kong crackdown.

Here is a recently reposted video that provides some on-the-ground evidence that China has a serious real estate bubble that is popping.

If that looks interesting, check out some of their other videos.  Each spent more than a decade in China and married Chinese women before returning to the West.  Here are Chinese-speakers who can untangle the cultural differences.  In addition to their combined channel, Winston has an individual vlog as serpentza and Matthew has laowhy86.  Highly recommended for an inside look at China.