Chinese copies of world monuments
Friday, July 15, 2016
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If there is one place inside China that physically captures the perceptions of most people around the world about the Asian superpower, it has to be Shiejie Zhi Chuang also known as The Window of the World in Shenzhen.
Here the Chinese have gone to town (almost literally), made copies of 130 of the most famous tourist attractions in the world and put them in a 48-hectare theme park. A sort of miniature homage to the world’s greatest landmarks.
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