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POV | Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall | PBS

Duration: 13:34
Program: POV #2207
Broadcast Date: Aug. 17, 2009

If you thought Minnesota's Mall of America was the world's biggest shopping center, think again. South China Mall is a Vegas-like spectacle built in 2005 that now sits almost entirely empty. In the current economic climate, could this be a symbol of things to come?

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