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ORDOS Carlos Henderson Broncos Jersey , Inner Mongolia, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Cruising in his car down an abandoned street in Kangbashi town, tourist Zheng Yi recalls gaping at the modern design of the apartments.


From the passenger seat, his friend suggested he buy an apartment in the young town in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where the price is nearly half that of Ordos city, just 23 kilometers down the road. Kangbashi is a satellite town of Ordos.


"Life is comfortable, but too dull here," Zhang replied, shrugging off the suggestion.


The stigma facing Kangbashi, which was labelled a Chinese "ghost town" in international press, has been tough to shake.


A futuristic town built with coal money in 2011 Demarcus Walker Broncos Jersey , Kangbashi has long been the epitome of heedless city construction and the resulting housing bubble.


Four years have passed since it first earned the blighted label and the town remains busy fighting for its image.


Hoping to do for the town what the 2008 Beijing Olympics did for the country, Kangbashi is hosting this year's National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities, which occurs once every 4 years, between August 9th and 17th.


"We made great efforts to become a host for the games. It is a great opportunity for Kangbashi to develop tourism and minority culture," Li Jing, a staff with the Kangbashi publicity office, told Xinhua.


Events, which include dragon boat races and wrestling, are mainly for show rather than competition, so they are not as high profile as other sporting events. However, local authorities hope it will greatly boost the city's tourism.


A 2.5 billion-yuan sports center with 60 Garett Bolles Broncos Jersey ,000 seats covering 338,000 square meters was recently finished in Kangbashi and will serve as the main stadium for the games.


Several of the city's numerous empty apartments have been turned into dorms for athletes, Li said. In