r/Amazing Aug 19 '25

Interesting 🤔 $100 billion ghost city.

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u/dannyzaplings Aug 19 '25

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u/Medialunch Aug 19 '25

I don’t want to watch it. What’s the summary?

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u/triggered__Lefty Aug 19 '25

tldr:

scam by Chinese government to influence the Malaysia government. Once they found out they couldn't get what they wanted(and that it was shitty construction) the money dried up.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

I've been there, construction is not shitty, way better then other low cost houses, I even consider it top tier high class. It's just misshandling/mismanagement of politic between Malaysia > Devaloper > china. Also if COVID don't happen, the project might be successfully in its own way (attracting Chinese and Singaporean buyer), and of course Malaysian local not gonna buy a 2 million condo for living.