You’ve probably heard about China’s empty cities, which have been built to keep the vast machine of Chinese workers employed, even if there are no buyers for the homes in these cities, and no takers for the office space. This sort of thing is something to pay attention to, because if the overbuilding of the boom years comes back to haunt China, the affects will be far reaching. Real estate in China is a far more popular investment than the stock market, so if the real estate market tanks, the affects will be felt throughout the entire country and all levels of society.