Topic: Ghost Towns

China is facing a massive real estate bubble, with one in four citizens employed in the construction sector and many life savings tied to unoccupied "ghost towns." This economic instability is compounded by extreme "zero-COVID" lockdowns and a severe drought affecting hydropower. Barnes describes the Chinese real estate market as a "Ponzi scheme" that is currently collapsing.

Owen Shroyer asserts that the media and "verified doctors" on social media are coordinating a false narrative that hospitals are currently overwhelmed. He recalls the "Film Your Hospital" movement from 2020, where citizens filmed empty medical facilities to debunk similar claims. Shroyer reports that recent calls from healthcare workers suggest hospitals are actually seeing more vaccine side effects than COVID-19 cases.