Politics - China's Ghost Cities and Malls

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Vast new cities of apartments and shops are being built across China at a rate of ten a year, but they remain almost completely uninhabited ghost towns.Its all part of the governments efforts to keep the economy booming, and there are many people who would love to move in, but its simply too expensive for most.Video journalist Adrian Brown wanders through malls of vacant shops, and roads lined with empty apartment buildings&quot 64 million apartments are said to be empty across the country and one of the few shop owners says he once didnt sell anything for four or five days.So are the efforts to boost the economy going to end up having the opposite effect and creating a financial crisis for China?