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:Villages are copyrighted? by AmiMoJo · 2012-06-21 19:33 · Score: 5, Interesting

Far more interesting (to me) is that they built it in just one year. We are not talking cheap high-rise blocks thrown up, there is some real skill and craftsmanship here.

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