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China Pirates Austrian Village
First time accepted submitter thecoolstacks writes "Knockoff Apple Stores are one thing...but a knockoff Austrian village? That's some hardcore piracy right there, but we guess leave it China to do what it does best. From the article: 'After a year of construction and a price tag of $940 million dollars, the Chinese have successfully recreated the Austrian village of Hallstatt in its entirety over in the Southern Guangzhou Province. And let’s just say not every Austrian’s a fan of having their UNESCO heritage site ripped off. But since China is Austria’s second largest trading partner, what are you gonna do?'"
This has already been posted on the main page a good fortnight ago. The article is available here: http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/05/2332224/china-secretly-clones-austrian-village
Clone is a good word: http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/05/2332224/china-secretly-clones-austrian-village
"China is Austria’s second largest trading partner".
Umm... I think you may have Austria and Australia confused. Austria is that tiny country in the middle of Europe known for the 'Sound of Music', the birth place of Hitler, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Josef Fritzl (serial incestual rapist), the alps ... but not so much for kangaroos.
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Nope. Unsurprisingly, the major trade partners are mostly their immediate neighbors and other EU member states. According to the statistical office of the austrian government, the most important trading partners are (export numbers in 2011):
1) Germany: 31.1%
2) Italy: 7.6%
3) United States: 5.2%
4) Switzerland: 4.9%
5) France: 4.1%
6) Czech Republic: 3.9%
7) Hungary: 3.1%
8) UK: 3%
9) Poland: 2.8%
10) Russian Federation: 2.4%
11) China: 2.4%
That's quite a bit distant from being the second most important trade partner, so I think it's very likely that someone confused the two countries:
And Washington state pirated a Bavarian Village.
I once took an excursion to Reddit, and later HN. Unlimited up/down voting sucks when dealing with a hive-mind.
And Red Bull, the croissant, coffee names so weird it would make even starbucks blush and a generally twisted naming scheme for food (a popular sausage is called a "Eitrige" - the ulcerous). No kangaroos though.
According to Statistik Austria, China had an export share of 2.4% ranking eleventh. The top three would be Germany (31.1%), Italy (7.6%) and the United States 5.4%. They do import a lot from China (rank 4) but less than 5%.
So yes, someone probably mixed those two up or didn't check the facts.
Submitters also really have a problem with the location.
First article: not mentioned.
This article: false location. It is in Guangzhou (also known by its old English name of Canton) all-right, but that's the name of a city, not a province. This city in Guangdong province, which is in the south of China. There is no "Southern Guangzhou Province" in China.