China's Ghost Cities

http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-chinese-ghost-cities-2010-12?slop=1

We're either talking very proactive planning, or a massive real estate bubble in the making.  Of course, it could simply be that, given China's attitude towards product safety, that no one wants to live or work in buildings probably made from asbestos, mercury, strychnine, lead and cholera cells.  I feel like I need a tetanus shot just looking at a kung fu movie these days.