China 's skyscraper boom to bring economic doom , if history is precedent . China 's Sky City will be world 's tallest building in 2014 at 838 meters , besting Burj Khalifa . Market crashes followed construction of Chrysler Building , Petronas Towers , Burj . CIMB 's Lawrence : " According to the Skyscraper Index , the opening of every single `` world 's tallest '' building in the past century has coincided with an economic downturn in that country . The Chinese economy has been growing for the last few years and it seems like they are going to continue that trend into 2015...
China 's skyscraper boom to bring economic doom , if history is precedent . China 's Sky City will be world 's tallest building in 2014 at 838 meters , besting Burj Khalifa . Market crashes followed construction of Chrysler Building , Petronas Towers , Burj . CIMB 's Lawrence : " The Chinese economy has been growing for the last few years and it seems like they are going to continue that trend into 2015...