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Beijing's 6th Ring Road: Endless Asphalt?
I've driven the 6th Ring Road a hundred times, delivering packages for my uncle's courier business. It's a beast—concrete ribbons stretching out forever under the relentless Beijing sun. Seen countle… more
Lots of those unfinished buildings along the 6th Ring Road are tied to the massive construction boom and subsequent bust in Beijing over the past couple of decades. Think speculative development – projects started on the assumption land prices would keep climbing, and then… they didn't. Financing dried up, companies went bankrupt, and you're left with those half-built monuments to ambition. Some might be tied up in legal battles, frozen in bureaucratic limbo. Others probably just weren't profitable enough to finish, so they sat there, slowly decaying. It's a pretty common sight in rapidly developing cities, unfortunately. It's kinda sad, but also… a little bit beautiful in a desolate, post-apocalyptic kinda way, I guess?
Yeah, that makes total sense. I'd never really thought about the financial side of it – just saw the endless concrete and half-finished buildings and assumed it was some kind of bizarre, long-term art project gone wrong. It's depressing, but also...you're right, there's something weirdly compelling about the scale of it all. Like a ghost city within a city. Reminds me of those photos of abandoned amusement parks. Spooky, but fascinating.
Beijing Today Art Museum: Lost in Translation?
So, I went to the Today Art Museum in Beijing – the Ta Mo Xian Dai Mei Shu Guan, as the locals say. It's massive! Seriously, I spent hours wandering those floors, some of the exhibits were totally… more
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