Forest City, Johor: Perbedaan antara revisi

Perkembangan Forest City masih kontroversial. Proyek ini tidak menyasar warga lokal Malaysia melainkan warga kelas menengah atas dari [[Tiongkok]] yang ingin memarkir kekayaan mereka di luar negeri, dengan menawarkan properti pinggir laut yang relatif terjangkau dibandingkan dengan kota-kota pesisir yang mahal di negara mereka seperti [[Shanghai]].<ref name="fp">{{cite news |last1=Saha |first1=Sagatom |title=Chinese Companies Are Worse at Business Than You Think |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/21/malaysia-china-forest-city-development-project/ |work=Foreign Policy |date=21 November 2019 |access-date=12 June 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612053921/https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/21/malaysia-china-forest-city-development-project/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="monga">{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Keith |title=As opposition wanes, a Malaysian land reclamation project pushes ahead |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/as-opposition-wanes-a-malaysian-land-reclamation-project-pushes-ahead/ |work=Mongabay Environmental News |date=2 July 2019 |access-date=8 January 2021 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109204839/https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/as-opposition-wanes-a-malaysian-land-reclamation-project-pushes-ahead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Namun, penjualan awal yang kuat dari Tiongkok runtuh setelah pemimpinnya [[Xi Jinping]] menerapkan kontrol mata uang, termasuk batasan tahunan sebesar $50.000 mengenai berapa banyak pembeli yang dapat berbelanja di luar negeri.<ref name="monga"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Ong |title=The Forest City debacle: 4 lessons to learn buying overseas property |url=https://www.99.co/blog/singapore/forest-city-buying-overseas/ |work=99.co |date=14 April 2017 |access-date=28 February 2021 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412203900/https://www.99.co/blog/singapore/forest-city-buying-overseas/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Penjualan yang lesu tersebut diperburuk oleh krisis politik Malaysia pada tahun 2020–2022 dan [[Pandemi Covid-19 di Malaysia|pandemi COVID-19]], sehingga proyek tersebut digambarkan sebagai "kota hantu" pada tahun 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Descalsota |first1=Marielle |title=Malaysia's $100 billion luxury estate was supposed to be a 'living paradise.' Instead, 6 years into development, it's a ghost town full of empty skyscrapers and deserted roads — take a look. |url=https://www.insider.com/ghost-town-malaysia-forest-city-china-developer-estate-photos-2022-6 |website=Insider |access-date=6 July 2022 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707013116/https://www.insider.com/ghost-town-malaysia-forest-city-china-developer-estate-photos-2022-6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mohamad Sani |first1=Ahmad Sadiq |title=The ghost town of Forest City |url=https://www.malaysianow.com/multimedia/2022/05/16/the-ghost-town-of-forest-city |website=MalaysiaNow |access-date=6 July 2022 |language=en |date=16 May 2022 |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625103707/https://www.malaysianow.com/multimedia/2022/05/16/the-ghost-town-of-forest-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Proyek yang berlokasi di [[Reklamasi daratan|lahan reklamasi]] ini juga dikritik karena menyebabkan [[perusakan habitat|kerusakan habitat]] dalam jumlah besar di sekitarnya.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shaw |first1=Albert |last2=Ourbis |first2=Sylvian |title=Malaysia’s Forest City and the Damage Done |url=https://thediplomat.com/2017/08/malaysias-forest-city-and-the-damage-done/ |website=thediplomat.com |access-date=6 July 2022 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615201215/https://thediplomat.com/2017/08/malaysias-forest-city-and-the-damage-done/ |url-status=live }}</ref>