China Pirates Austrian Village

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 21, 2012 @06:06PM from the imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery dept.

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?'"

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Re:Pirates? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-21 18:13 · Score: 5, Informative

Clone is a good word: http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/06/05/2332224/china-secretly-clones-austrian-village
Re:Dupe by wvmarle · 2012-06-21 21:09 · Score: 5, Informative

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.