[Apocryphon]

You'd expect China or the booming Gulf States to do something like this. Irrational exuberance.

[seanmcdirmid]

There are definitely plans to move a lot of government functions out of Beijing into nearby Hebei cities. But the problem is that Beijing is becoming too congested and polluted (the surrounding cities in Hebei are just as bad, so I'm not sure if this will actually work).

[stefantalpalaru]

They do: http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-ghost-cities-in-2014-2...

[1timeUse]

I apologize for being critical, but that piece is extremely ignorant of what China is actually aiming to do.

Were the city builds part of economic stimulus? Yes, of course.

However China also has a goal to move 250-350 mm citizens into urban living by 2025.

Here's a 2009 report on the subject:

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/urbanization/preparing_for_...

Without being rude, my link is substantially more weighty / less noisy than yours.