I come asking this question in good faith because all I see is neoliberal Americans - who have not fully reckoned with our own homelessness issue - acting horrified of the videos going around of China demolishing unused apartments .

I would like to learn more about this sort of thing from a less biased, non-western source. Can someone actually put this video into proper context?

  • Barabas [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Demolishing 15 scyscrapers at the same time is pretty notable tbf.

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I think that's just indicative of China's size and density. Most things that happen in that country involve what seems to a westerner to be a massive amount of people, so it was a big development project that failed for some reason and necessitated a big demolition.