01Some of the city’s new developments
02Newly built apartments
03Car park security guard
04New South China Mall
05A shopping gallery at the mall lies empty
06Central Plaza
07Residences in Dynatown, a new project in downtown Dongguan
08Amusement park at New South China Mall
09A house in the factory town of Chashan
10Jacky Yip, manager of Lian Hing clothes factory in Chashan
11Staff at Pattison English school
12Worker at Lian Hing factory, which makes swimsuits and underwear
13Yulan Theatre, downtown Dongguan
14Dongguan city bus
15Model of apartments planned for Dynatown
What happens when urban planning goes wrong? The answer is Dongguan, a metropolis hastily erected on the back of a 1980s economic boom. With poor transport and half-empty shopping centres, life is a struggle. But authorities may finally be taking note.
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