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Why China Builds So Many Copycat Towns

March 3, 2019 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

I once mistakenly tried to enter through the fake door of a fake Iberian restaurant next to the fake windmills of Fengcheng, Shanghai's Spanish town. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, China's Ghost Cities Tagged With: Changing China, China Copycat Towns, China Development, China Housing Market, Hallstatt - China

A Visit to Hallstatt, China: An Austrian Village Cloned

December 31, 2012 by Wade Shepard 4 Comments

I descended a hill and rounded a bend, said hello a security guard decked out in some kind of Germanic military uniform, then walked out onto a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Architecture Knock Offs, China, Strange News Tagged With: China Economic Development, Guangdong Province, Hallstatt - China, Western Traditions in China

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