Having an estimated population of 10 million, the Chinese Dongguan are unable to sustain a 5 million square feet shopping mall, despite many of them are migrant workers from other parts of the country.

The shopping mall was opened in 2005, containing 2,350 stores which make it the largest in the world in terms of leasable space. It was expected to attract an upwards of 100,000 visitors a day but practically no people come for shopping.
Most of its storefronts remain unoccupied within eight years after it first opened, a desolate monument to Chinese real estate ambitions and the stimulus credit boom that followed the financial crisis. It also sits on the outskirts of town, making it difficult to access. Only a handful of stores are occupied despite the bombastic design and grand plans. The mall is virtually deserted. [urlhttp://www.bssmobile.com]read on[/http://www.bssmobile.com]