Fri, Jun 13, 2003 - Page 4 News List

Chinese tycoon's fabled fantasyland fast falling apart

FRACTURED FAIRYTALE Today a court in China will send Yang Bin to prison for a long time, but his Holland Village remains as a monument to his collapsed empire

AFP , SHENYANG, CHINA

Now, the weeds in the ditches outside the greenhouses grow more plentiful than any of the flowers inside, left untended for months.

"There's no water and power supply except for in our living quarters," said a security guard.

Even if nothing else works in Holland Village, the security apparatus is apparetnly still up and running.

"No one is allowed to roam around here," said a plain-clothes police officer, stepping out of his four-wheel drive.

"No photos and no notes, please. That's an order from the city government," he said.

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