16 Tourist Spots That China Ripped Off From The Rest Of The World
EGYPT: A full-scale replica of the Sphinx sits in what will be a theme park on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.
BUDDHAS: China has a replica of the 'Buddhas of Bamiyan' that were destroyed by the Taliban.
POLYNESIA: Replicas of the Moai statues carved by the Rapa Nui people in Easter Island can be seen in Beijing.
EGYPT: A traveler takes a photo of a replica of the Karnak Temple at the abandoned Wanguo park in Wuhan, Hubei province.
ITALY: A 1:4 scale replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Shanghai.
PARIS: Tianducheng was built to replicate Paris and included a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel tower.
DISNEYLAND: The park's management has denied using copies of Walt Disney characters.
ENGLISH TOWNS: There's Thames Town in China's Songjiang, near Shanghai which replicates architectural styles from English towns.
HOLLAND: And Holland village with its own windmill.
FLORENCE: A canal flows through the center of a replica Florentine village in China on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin.
HALLSTATT: They also replicated Hallstatt, a UNESCO world heritage site.
US CAPITOL: Full-scale replicas of the U.S. Capitol building have been constructed in the cities of Wuxi and Fuyang.
THE WHITE HOUSE: Of course there's the White House replica at Beijing World Park.
SYDNEY: And they have a replica of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House in Beijing.
ITALY: A replica of the Roman Colosseum is built in Macau, a special administrative region of China.
BONUS — The Hebei Academy of Fine Arts campus is said to be similar to the fictional Hogwarts, from JK Rowling's Harry Potter series.
16 Tourist Spots That China Ripped Off From The Rest Of The World
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