THIS is the moment a host of Chinese high-rises collapse one after another in just seconds after builders were believed to go broke.
Shocking footage shows 15 apartment buildings sink to the soil immediately, leaving nothing but huge clouds of dust.
Social media users speculated that the sequence of buildings were deliberately demolished because builders’ bank accounts were drained and they couldn’t afford to finish the job.
The vision now going viral is from August 2021 in Kunming, southern China, according to a Vice report.
Chinese state media Global Times also reported they were originally built for residents but were never finished.
It’s not a new phenomenon in China, where an overzealous construction boom led to huge amounts of unclaimed apartments.
Empty high-rises are strewn across eerie cities – dubbed ghost cities– after a building boom through …