World China’s Pirated Austrian Village Opens

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China’s billion dollar “pirated” copy of the Austrian village of Hallstatt has finally opened, much to the annoyance of the inhabitants of the original, who still complain the Chinese copied their village in secret and never bothered to ask for permission.

The Austrian original, a centuries-old Alpine village designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO and a major draw for tourists, was secretly scouted and measured by agents of the property development arm of China Minmetals Corp.

The developers planned the village, situated in Guandong province, in the hopes it would prove popular with both wealthy Chinese home buyers and tourists not interested in actually travelling to Europe, and report they spent some ¥940 million on the project.

Halstatt only found out their village was to be copied from the ground up when a Chinese “tourist” accidentally let slip details of the project.

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I wonder what would they be copying next eh?

cars, trains, boats - anything and everything that can be made to blow up? or is it the other way around, the Chinese can make anything and everything blow up?
 

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cars, trains, boats - anything and everything that can be made to blow up? or is it the other way around, the Chinese can make anything and everything blow up?

Your mind? I totally agree...
 

Varine

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As if we don't have fake China's?
 

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cars, trains, boats - anything and everything that can be made to blow up? or is it the other way around, the Chinese can make anything and everything blow up?
Blow up their own money sounds more likely. But seriously, maybe they could try to copy " a little bit of Democracy instead of Communism?
 

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Communism = new meaning of copying this and that?
 

Varine

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They aren't really communist, considering this appears to have been done by a private company.
 

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That doesn't inherently make them Communist....
 

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It's an interesting ponderment we're creating in here.
 

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One of my professors has once told us a story how he was in china to give a guest lecture there.
One of his chinese colleagues said to him on his trip that the worlds politics have shifted.
Europe is now much more socialistic then china while china promotes capitalism whereever it can.
Thats what he said.
 
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