Kind of a shit article. How sustainable are these? Who pays the maintenance on these buildings? Who covers sewage and hydro? Is there a tax base to worry about or does China's command economy just cover everything automagically?
A few people paying a relative pittance in an otherwise vacant community is going to crumble in the absence of maintenance.
The US military has been pushing their religious nonsense since forever. Believe it or not, this is a very subtle shift by their standards. This rhetoric has been common and coordinated with "religious" "leaders" , and on rightwing media.
Killing opressors to become their opressors.