It's been said that even China's population of 1.4 billion couldn't fill all the empty homes. Many are high-rise apartments in gleaming new financial districts that initially failed to take off.

Some of the ghost cities Wade Shepard has found across China. Photo: Courtesy of Wade Shepard Some of the ghost cities Wade Shepard has found across China. Photo: Courtesy of Wade Shepard For several ...

Discover 25 bizarre things happening in China right now, from ghost cities to facekinis. Explore unique cultural phenomena ...

China’s long economic boom famously left it dotted with an overbuilt landscape of empty apartment towers and decrepit shopping malls. Tracking these “ghost cities” has become a fixation of economists ...

Overbuilding, and a streak of bad luck, have left China’s real-estate developers in the red. Photo: Adam Adada How closely is demand for $3,000 handbags tied to home prices in China? Quite closely, it ...

Chinese authorities have taken aim at a new target as they rein in the country's cut-throat food delivery industry: "ghost kitchens", or restaurants that don't actually exist but appear on apps. The ...