Otro Paris? Tianducheng China

Scattered along a barren landscape, towering skyscrapers collect cobwebs and apartment buildings are left abandoned.

The empty streets of new age ghost cities in China have been attracting international curiosity for years. The rapid construction of new towns is being completed at a phenomenal rate, in the hope that the future will see a sudden influx of locals filling their vacant rooms.

The Chinese government is preparing for the expected shortage of housing that will soon impact the overpopulated communist nation. Any train ride along the eastern side of the country will expose hundreds of these unfilled settlements.

A few hours from the modern metropolis of Shanghai, one such city is raising eyebrows. Not just for its empty towers but also for its ironically familiar style.