Am i correct in saying Google images are old sat images from years ago or do they update regularly...

I have believed for a long time those pesky Chinese have been digging in for years, decades..The question is..What are they digging in for?

It reminds me of that facility they built in the Chinese mountains in the movie 2012. The place where they built the escape ships

The Chinese know something

Looks like its on the edge of a mountain so I would suggest bunkers?

Those are iphone factories

There is a Google Earth tag at 75.99346199999999,39.547471 for some reason. Looks like some kind of vehicle test facility, a track with all kinds of corners and serpentine test courses on the infield? There is an old heavily used runway just ESE of there. Maybe they are developing cars that navigate without a driver?

If they are really trying to compete with the U.S., it's probably the starting phase of a trailer park.

Those are future Super Outlet Malls,
for when we are manufacturing for them.

it may be a rare earth mine.
the ground all around has had the top 10 meters? dug off.
but why the funny buildings?

Originally posted by stirling
What He said
Could it be the rare earth mine?
justsayin....China has the only one worth mentioning ........

Just checked the same location on Bing maps out of curiosity, as Area 51 is a more recent image on Bing than on Google.

However, on Bing absolutely none of these building are even in the process of being constructed, I have no clue how to tell the dates on the maps, but if someone can get the date from Bings images from this area and Googles images from the area, maybe a comparison can shed some light on how quickly all of this has been built....

China builds some structures, no one knows what they are for (and conversely, what NOT for), and suddenly they have their own "Area 51"?

Let's reign in the conspiracy fever just a bit. Jeebus.

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