Oh no! China has built is very own.....

JU_88 · 07-10-12, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

A bridge only?
They copied a whole Austrian village!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18327751

For a second I misread ^ as Australian village

(Sorry Tarjak)

Penguin · 07-10-12, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JU_88

For a second I misread ^ as Australian village

(Sorry Tarjak)

You're in good company with Ronald Reagan there!

(sorry JU_88

)

JU_88 · 07-10-12, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

You're in good company with Ronald Reagan there!

(sorry JU_88

)

No problem

Falkirion · 07-10-12, 05:57 PM

Is there anything China won't rip off?

Penguin · 07-10-12, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Falkirion

Is there anything China won't rip off?

Basic human rights, fair work conditions, environment laws or a decent brew

(actually their most yummy beer, Tsingtao, was originally a German company)

JU_88 · 07-10-12, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Falkirion

Is there anything China won't rip off?

orginality.

Reece · 07-10-12, 07:00 PM

It's better than London's!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin

A bridge only?
They copied a whole Austrian village!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18327751

Well they copy and mass produce everything else why not towns!!

What's next, Disneyland, or maybe the Grand Canyon!!

JU_88 · 07-10-12, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

It's better than London's!!

HOW DARE YOU!

oh wait, ours just injured a bunch of people in an elevator plunge the other day, .....but I'm sure those elevators must have been made in CHINA..
Where was I?, oh yes...
HOW DARE YOU!

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Originally Posted by darius359au

So is the thinking that if they build copies of overseas tourist attractions then foreign tourists will come to China instead of visiting the real one's, or it so the proletariat masses will visit the copies instead of wanting to leave the motherland?
Either way ,it definitely comes under the heading of wtf.....

If I ever go to China, the very very last possible reason will be 'to see Tower bridge'

07-10-12, 07:03 PM

So is the thinking that if they build copies of overseas tourist attractions then foreign tourists will come to China instead of visiting the real one's, or it so the proletariat masses will visit the copies instead of wanting to leave the motherland?
Either way ,it definitely comes under the heading of wtf.....

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07-10-12, 05:57 PM	#4
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Is there anything China won't rip off?

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darius359au Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	So is the thinking that if they build copies of overseas tourist attractions then foreign tourists will come to China instead of visiting the real one's, or it so the proletariat masses will visit the copies instead of wanting to leave the motherland? Either way ,it definitely comes under the heading of wtf.....