Ghost Cities of China: THE STORY OF CITIES WITHOUT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD'S MOST POPULATED COUNTRY

Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-219

  Shepard, Wade ^a  

^a The China Chronicle   (China)

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