I always knew Bralorne was paradise, but it looks official now:
http://www.debbiedemare.com/2015/03/paradise-city-gun-lake-logging-gold.html
From the translation:
"Before and after August 2014 this newspaper (World Journal) has reported, BC Ghost Town Bradian on the market for sale. Ultimately, it is purchased by a Chinese company for under a million dollars. According to news this company has given Paradise City as the name to the development project which is launching its planning stage build a comprehensive business, sports, resort and recreational facilities in the premise of retaining the little towns historic characters.
Replication of Whistler
According to Zhong Ya Groups current planning of the Bradian development project named Paradise City (Tian-Fu City), the historic features of the town will be retained while using Whistlers successful model creating an one-stop smart resort for gold panning, jade picking, skiing, rafting, mountain sports, sight-seeing, vacationing and other recreational activities.
The total project development area of 53 acres will include residential, commercial and green belt areas. The first phase of the project will focus on infrastructure such as making applications to the government for land rezoning to build hotels, shopping malls and other commercial development; phase two and three will focus on retaining Bradians historic sites with its mountainous geographical advantages while integrating elements of Chinese customs of countryside development for leisure and recreation.
The company is currently working to organize land surveyors, urban planners and related engineering and technical consultants to make further improvements on the government land use development program, and actively seeking for potential business partners. The specific amount of capital investment and the time to start construction are still unknown."
Don't know whether to laugh or cry. I suspect they're just parking money offshore in case the China bubble busts, but who knows. They've got some obstacles to overcome, that's for sure.