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Knock-off bags? Head to Chinatown. Knock-off towns? Head to China.
That China is really good at producing counterfeit goods is well documented, but the country has really outdone itself by copying entire towns or cities from other parts of the world.
Here are 11 cities that China copied from the rest of the world.
http://www.businessinsider.com/citie...-world-2015-7/
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FLORENTIA VILLAGE (Italy) in Tianjin, China
PARIS / EIFFEL TOWER (France) in Tianducheng, China
HALLSTATT (Austria) in Guangdong, China
INTERLAKEN / KAPPELBRÜCKE / LUCERNE (Switzerland) in Overseas Chinese Town East, Hong Kong
INTERLAKEN (Switzerland) in Beijing, China
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (United States) in Tianjin, China to be completed in 2019
THAMES TOWN (United Kingdom) in Songjiang District, China
GERMANY in Anting, Shanghai, China
KATTENBROEK, AMERSFOORT (Netherlands/Holland) in Pudong, China
SIGTUNA / LAKE MALAREN (Sweden) - also includes replica of HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT (Iceland) in Shanghai, China
BREEZA CITTA (Italy) in Pujiang, China
They're literally the pits.
Cultural appropriation?
