As the tallest building in the world opened to great fanfair in Dubai yesterday, the struggling emirate was well aware that it owed a big thank you to its oil rich neighbour.The thanks came in the form of a naming ceremony, Dubai’s ruler renamed the previously-known Burj Dubai the Burj Khalifa.Just last month the tower’s namesake and leader of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan, bailed out indebted Dubai to the tune of $10bn – £6.13bn.Now the needle-shaped skyscraper which stands more than 800 metres tall and can be seen from 95 kilometres away and was to be the jewel in Dubai’s crown, is a stark reminder of the debt the emirate owes its neighbour.Construction of the tower began in 2004 at the height of Dubai’s boom, but in the last month building has ground to halt across the emirate as funds dry up.
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