Le monde en construction

[JCC-Fromthere]

You should be very carefull when looking at images of China and thinking its a miracle. A lot of what we see is simply a mirage. There are huge swaths of development in China that are completely vacant illustrated by the recent Google satellite images scandal.

 

True. However, as the Chinese governement tries to cool inflation down, what they can do is to stop their money-printing/building an oversupply of houses. Chinese are savers. The oversupply of houses should bring the prices down if the millions of Chinese joining the middle class starts buying them.

Different problem from here where housing is in a bubble and people have their credit topped-out.

I wouldn't worry too much about China's meptu towns at the moment. Dubai has completly bubble growth, China has growth fundamentals.

[jesseps]

You should be very carefull when looking at images of China and thinking its a miracle. A lot of what we see is simply a mirage. There are huge swaths of development in China that are completely vacant illustrated by the recent Google satellite images scandal.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339536/Ghost-towns-China-Satellite-images-cities-lying-completely-deserted.html

 

The Chinese build complete cities and no one is there and now Dubai might have to destroy some buildings because there is barely anyone using them. People are bonkers!

[jesseps]

Beirut

 

Project overseen by: Solidere. They expect Phase 1 and Phase 2 to be completed by 2030.

 

Monocle on Bloomberg. Check out the first video, they speaking to someone from Solidere.

Modifié 30 janvier 2011 par jesseps

[jesseps]

 

This month, Apple joined eBay, HP, Intel, Intuit and Oracle in an "unprecedented" joint philanthropic effort to help Stanford Medical Center build a new $2 billion hospital, designed to use the latest technology available in ways mirroring the innovation of Silicon Valley tech companies.

 

The new complex will supply 600 beds, new intensive care and emergency services, state of the art imaging systems, and a garden floor supplying dining, conference and educational space.

[jesseps]

Israel Island

 

Israel is considering building an artificial island with sea and air ports off blockaded Gaza, as a long-term solution to shipping goods into the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, the transport minister said.

 

Yisrael Katz told Army Radio on Wednesday he wants an international force to control the island for "at least 100 years" and for unloaded cargo to be brought into Gaza along a 4.5-km (3-mile)-long bridge with a security checkpoint to prevent arms smuggling.

 

"The Israeli military would continue the naval blockade, but in a more localised way," he said.

 

Katz said he had pitched the project to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told him to put together a plan, which "has been under examination for many months" by experts.

 

A spokesman for the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority described the idea as "pure fantasy" and an attempt by Israel "to divert attention from the real problems of Gaza resulting from the Israeli siege".

 

A Hamas spokesman called it "a Zionist effort to ... internationalise" the blockade.

 

"I am at the stage where the prime minister has to give the green light," Katz said. "This has not happened yet ... I am certain the Europeans and the Americans and many private elements will be willing to be part of this."

 

Israel and neighbouring Egypt tightened their blockade of Gaza after Hamas Islamists opposed to peace with the Jewish state seized control of the territory in 2007 from forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

 

Israel eased restrictions on the overland passage of goods through its Gaza border in the wake of a world outcry over the killing of nine pro-Palestinian Turks in confrontations during a raid by Israeli commandos on a Gaza-bound flotilla last May.

 

Citing security concerns, Israel does not allow a sea or air port to operate in the enclave.

 

"An island would ... give the Palestinians port services and even an airport down the line," Katz said, proposing the project include desalination and power plants, hotels -- and Hamas's rival, the Palestinian Authority, as a partner.

 

"We have built models and there are many entrepreneurs who are interested and prepared to invest billions and make money," he said, without giving further details.

 

The proposal was leaked on Tuesday to Israel's Channel Two TV, which speculated it could be included in a speech that Israeli officials have said Netanyahu might deliver in the coming weeks outlining ideas to revive peace talks.

 

Palestinians have refused to return to U.S.-brokered negotiations, which froze soon after they began in September, until Netanyahu halts settlement building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, areas Israel captured in a 1967 war.

 

Asked when the island proposal would be presented to Netanyahu's cabinet, Katz was non-committal, saying: "Soon, I hope." (Additional reporting by Mohammad Assadi in Ramallah; editing by Mark Trevelyan)

(Courtesy of Reuters)

 

I remember posting, this a while back but I couldn't find the thread or post. So I ended up posting it here.

[monctezuma]

[JFrosty]

Now that's just ridiculous.

[MTLskyline]

What a waste of money and resources!

[LindbergMTL]

Wowwwwwwwww! Enfin la vraie tour de Babel!

[yveslachance]

Omg c'est tellement innocent... la tour va faire quoi?, 400+ étages, et p-e 80 étages vont être utilisés pour maintenance et autre (si je me fis au 46 étages pour "maintenance" dans le Burj Khalifa)... Comme nourrissez dont votre peuple à la place de faire la construction la plus ridicule...