Ordos, China: A Modern Ghost Town

Ordos, China: A Modern Ghost Town

Meant as home for one million people the Kangbashi district remains nearly empty five years after construction began
Michael Christopher Brown for TIME

In Medias Res
An old man pushes a cart across a road segregating finished apartments and apartments still under construction.

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