I only observed that America and China both arrived at the same end result independently - ghost cities. I am not saying that they followed the same approaches, or took the same time.
>>I only observed...
You didn't ONLY observe, you observed and then asked a question, and then the question was answered:
r0h1n>>"I'd be more interested in why two such different countries as the US and China seem to have independently arrived at the same problem"
Seanmcdirmind asked you if your question was genuine, you responded that it was, then he answered your question. There is no conflict here.