Comment Re:Largest economy? (Score 1) 588
I just read an article about how Asia (including China) prefers male children so much that demographically it's "missing" about 136 million women; that is to say there are WAY too many men and nowhere NEAR enough women for the society to grow in a normal fashion.
Couple this with the ghost cities phenomenon and you have to wonder how they're going to populate all this infrastructure they're building.
The thing about buildings is, you have to live in them, and maintain them, or they crumble into dust. Google Pripyat for some great pictures of this process at work.
I'm curious how this is all going to work out. I'm sure it'll be interesting, but I'm willing to bet you that China isn't going to be the world's greatest economy anytime soon.