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His office overlooks trees, lampposts and dry fountains along the main thoroughfare, called the Champs-Elysees.
"It's very beautiful." he says.
Sky City was built in 2006, but there still aren't many people here. A big reason is the location. It's a 40-minute-drive from downtown Hangzhou, the nearest big city.
Most of the development's first-floor shops are still empty after seven years, and the community has a rundown, creepy feel. There are fake storefronts for a non-existent coffee shop and an advertising office. The sign in front of the advertising office reads: "Advertising desing (sic) is visual communication art and desing (sic) it value..."
There's even a truck that drives around the Eiffel Tower spraying water on the road and playing "It's a Small World After All."
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What were the developers thinking?
They won't say.
When NPR asked to speak with them, we were told they were busy in meetings, which is Chinese for: "I don't want to talk to you."
Yan Xuanren, a senior agent at a local Century 21 office, says the development isn't the ghost town it seems and most of the apartments are occupied.
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