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Viaggio a Kangbashi, l'immensa città fantasma progettata per ospitare oltre un milione di persone nella provincia della Mongolia Interna e che oggi è praticamente deserta, fotografata da Raphael Olivier.

In the early 2000s, Chinese government officials poured over $1 billion into the development of the city, several miles south of Ordos in Inner Mongolia. The result, according to French photographer Raphael Olivier, is a "very beautiful city, full of contradictions."

Drawn to the "post-apocalyptic" feel generated by the juxtaposition of vacant, large-scale buildings and the surrounding desert, Olivier documented the ghost town and its partially complete architectural marvels.