Rows of harvested corn stalks line a street between deserted villas Saturday in the Greenland Guobinfu residential project in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

The open spaces between villas have been reclaimed by locals to grow crops. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

Some partially completed villas inside the Greenland Guobinfu in Shenyang have been ringed by wooden fences by locals to serve as stockyards for cattle. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

A man drives a motorized tricycle through the Greenland Guobinfu villa project, followed by three dogs. He lives there, raising a few cattle. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

Wooden fences built between the villas form stockyards for cattle. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

Rotting remains of harvested cabbages lie on the ground between the buildings of the Greenland Guobinfu villa group in Shenyang. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

A broken-down farm tractor sits in the doorway of an unfinished villa, its tires deflated. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

Graffiti mars the walls of an empty villa. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin

Remains of demolished villas lie in the foreground, with partially completed buildings standing in the distance at the Greenland Guobinfu project. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin