As a Chinese american, this shows the house of cards that is Chinese state capitalism. China builds these types of communities as a "bribe" to exploit natural resources in the respective country.

There are plenty examples of ghost towns in China https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+ghost+towns&hl=e...

I've visited some of these places on my trips back to China. The local governments in China are typically the ones who approve and push through these nonsensical plans.