Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Forest City: Inside Malaysia's Chinese-built 'ghost city'
Located on four man-made islands off the coast of Johor Bahru, Malaysia,
a border city to Singapore, Forest City is a planned city being developed by
Country Garden Holdings, a Chinese property developer, under China’s Belt and
Road Initiative. Forest City is designed to be an eco-friendly metropolis, with
a focus on green spaces and sustainable development. The city was planned to be
home to nearly one million people, but not targeted at local Malaysians but
rather mainly at upper-middle-class citizens from China who were looking to
park their wealth abroad, by offering relatively affordable seafront properties
compared to already too expensive coastal cities like Shanghai. Some residential
and commercial buildings are completed but they are scarcely occupied. Only a
handful of rooms are lit at night. Those residents have nowhere to eat or shop.
There also are many incomplete buildings, facilities, and objects, which make
the city look abandoned. What is going on there? Will this man-made island in
the middle of nowhere eventually be home to a million residents?
Read the article and learn about this incomplete and nearly abandoned
ghost city in Malaysia.
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