China’s City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland

TIANJIN ECO-CITY, China — Three years ago, this coastal area fit perfectly into the dictionary definition for “wasteland.” Its soil was too salty to grow crops. It was polluted enough to scare away potential residents. Sometimes the few fishermen who lived here saw investors driving in, but they quickly turned around and left, leaving nothing behind except dust

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China’s City of the Future Rises on a Wasteland