2014-03-09

Sky City Still Not Under Construction

Given all that is happening in China at the moment, I searched for information on the Sky City project. It is still not under construction, but the "little Sky City" project dubbed J97 is still under development.

Source: 胡润全球富豪榜湖南九人上榜 远大集团张跃上榜

Build it and they will believe, says defiant China tycoon
Zhang Yue is worth an estimated 1.1 billion yuan ($180 million) and has grandiose aspirations, the biggest of them to build an 838 metre tall tower he calls "Sky City" by the year's end.

It is designed to be 10 metres higher than the current title-holder, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai -- which took five years to construct.

But he admits the project has run into fierce opposition. "There are not many people who support us," Zhang told AFP. "There are too many bad people."

Zhang, 53, made a fortune selling air-conditioners and was the first Chinese entrepreneur to own a private helicopter, but has sought to reinvent himself as a green crusader.

......"We have to quickly move out of this mistaken kind of urbanisation," he said, describing Sky City, with energy-saving materials and reduced use of land, as "one such way out".

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