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  • China beats NY in building Skyscrapers

    11/14/2005 1:08:15 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 43 replies · 1,514+ views
    Times of India ^ | David Barboza
    SHANGHAI: Move over, New York. This year alone, Shanghai will complete towers with more space for living and working than there is in all the office buildings in New York City. That is in a city that already has 4,000 skyscrapers, almost double the number in New York. And there are designs to build 1,000 more by the end of this decade. China's real estate market is so hot that miniature cities are being created with artificial lakes, and the country's nouveau riche suddenly seem eager to put down as much as $5.3 million for a luxury apartment in skyscrapers...