Here are two articles about the Chinese national games held in Shenyang in 2013.
New York Times, before the games
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/world/asia/suspicions-cloud-shenyangs-preparations-for-chinas-national-games.html?_r=0&referrer=
NTDTV is a network sponsored by Beijing-foe Falungong, but their reporting is often quite good. Look for "What does Shenyang ghost town say about China's economy?" on YouTube.
Shanghaist is now ten years old. It is a site that mostly minds content from the web and repackages it and sells ads to accompany it. So it favors sensation love nuance. Here are photos of Shenyang's national games site.
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/06/17/shenyang-national-games-village-ghost-town.php
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