China's building boom has created a ton of abandoned cities and massive ruins — most of which are brand new, and have never had people living in them.

Dystopian Deeds: How China's top-notch mass surveillance system ... directly in homes and placing QR codes on the doors of homes so police can track who is supposed to be in each building. ...

Inside China’s dystopian dreams: AI, shame and lots of cameras. By Paul Mozur July 12, 2018. ... At a building complex in Xiangyang, ...

"China has buildings that houses 30,000 people," another Reddit user wrote. ... "Types of People Who Live inside 'dystopian' Apartment Block with 20,000 Residents Who Never Need to Go Outside." ...

"China has buildings that houses 30,000 people," another Reddit user wrote. These images spread across multiple platforms, including Instagram , Threads , Facebook , YouTube , VKontakte and TikTok .

Newsweek reached out to the China CDC for additional comment. New videos posted online show Shanghai's lockdown as "mesmerizing" and "dystopian" as the city battles a COVID-19 surge.

A “zero tolerance” Covid-19 policy in China has caused chaos, fear, panic and dread. Shanghai, one of the largest cities in the world, with around 26 million residents, is under strict ...

But this is not dystopian fiction. ... but nothing before had offered so lucid a glimpse into the thinking of China’s bosses under the fist of Mr. Xi, ...

Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: AI, Shame and Lots of Cameras Posted 2018-07-08T20:42:46+00:00 - Updated 2018-07-08T20:40:13+00:00 Employees of the artificial intelligence company Megvii at ...