The sales pitch promises a residential development like no other. It's called "The World": luxury villas, homes, and apartments all divided into five continents and linked together by smaller replicas of iconic bridges. The world's biggest indoor ski ramp, the biggest water park in Asia, even a seven-star hotel. "That's the seven-star hotel there." Shi Rui in charge of marketing tells me, ”It'll have full water views in every room, even the restrooms. It'll be the most comfortable hotel in the world.”
The entire project would take five years to build on almost 2,000 acres on the outskirts of Tianjin--a second-tier city three hours drive south of Beijing. Total cost around four billion US dollars funded mostly by one of China'
