These probably aren’t the homes Evergrande has sold, mostly in south China. Ordos Kangbashi will never be populated because coal is on the way new out, a true ghost city that is only categorized as a success via goal post moving and lots of demolition (Ordos itself isn’t a ghost town, just this new district).

The article talks about buildings in kunming being demolished. While kunming definitely went through a big bubble, I would hardly call it a ghost town now.