China is building it's own Manhattan, and it's a ghost town

The skyscraper-filled skyline of the Conch Bay district in the northern port city of Tianjin has none of a metropolis's bustle up close, with dirt-covered glass doors and construction on some edifices halted. The deserted area underscores the challenge facing China's leaders in dealing with the fallout from a record credit-fueled investment spree while sustaining growth and jobs in the world's second-biggest economy. A Tianjin local-government financing vehicle connected to the developments said revenue fell 68 percent in 2013 to an amount that's less than one-third of debt due this year. "There will have to be a reckoning," said Stephen Green, head of Greater China research at Standard Chartered Plc in Hong Kong.

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