Plan to transform upstate New York into 'America's 'America's China City

[JayAtl]

• Sherry Li, a Long Island businesswoman, has developed plans to create a massive 'Chinese city' in the Catskills, Upstate New York

• Described as like a live-in Disneyland, the city would sit on 600-acres of wetlands outside the Sullivan County town of Thompson

• The U.S. government have confirmed they are looking at the proposal

• Li says it would eventually draw $6 billion in foreign investment

• Those opposing the plans have labelled it a 'scam'

A Long Island businesswoman is facing fierce opposition over her plans to build a massive 'Chinese city' in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York - complete with a Disneyland-like amusement park, community of mansion-sized homes, a university and a 'Forbidden City' - all fashioned to the principles of Feng Shui.

The 'China City of America' could bring thousands of wealthy Chinese immigrants to the tiny Sullivan County town of Thompson, under a federal program that grants foreigners visas if they invest $500,000 in the U.S.

A spokesman from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told FoxNews.com that the proposal has not been approved but that it is under consideration.

The mastermind behind the plan, Sherry Li, says the development would eventually draw $6 billion in foreign investment.

The proposal: China City of America, if approved, will be built as like a small colony for wealthy Chinese businesspeople to live with their families in the United States, as well as having a Disneyland-like amusement park to attract American visitors

'We can kind of view it as a Chinese concept of Disney — so it’s going to have lot of attractions for families,' she told The New York Post.

The designs for China City includes a college, 1,000 residences and a Chinese-themed retail center, sitting on 600-acres of wetlands.

There is also talk of a casino.

If approved, each province in China would have an office and foreign investors funding the development would receive green cards for their $500,000 checks under the EB-5 visa program, which was designed to lure foreign investment.

The overall price would be worth billions.

'It’s multiple phases. No project is going to happen in one day. It’s going to be step-by-step,' Li told the Post, saying the amusement park component would get built in a later phase.

The plan is now under consideration by the leaders of Thompson, which has a population of 15,000, the majority of which are opposed to the idea.

'It actually seems surreal but unfortunately it is real,' said Paula Medley, an activist who heads a local environmental group.

'This is kind of a combination of pie-in-the-sky and ethnic solidarity and showmanship and a federal program that sort of facilitates this sort of thing,' said David North, who authored a new report picking apart China City’s proposal for the D.C.-based Center for Immigration Studies.

Others questioned its link to the federal visa program, known as EB-5.

'It sounds like an EB-5 scam,' said Laura Corruzi, a New York City attorney who vacations in the area.

'The financials don’t really support the $6 billion project.'

Read more: Mysterious proposal to build 'America's China City' in Upstate NY | Mail Online

 

[Pakistanisage]

We already have a Chinese Colony in New York City and it is called " Flushing " New York...

No need for a new one...