Rogue Chinese real estate developer builds Austrian village replica in Guangdong province

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01 Nov 2012

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The Chinese are known for copying, may be an understatement of the year. They make everything, but replicate just about everything as well.

A Chinese real estate developing company has just finished building a replica of an Austrian village, Hallstatt, a world heritage site the Austrians are proud of.

The villagers found out when their homeland architecture started cropping up in real estate magazines. The Chinese company has subdivided the building into luxury apartments and placing them on the market for sale or lease.

Hallstatt has an estimated 950 inhabitants and also known for its salt production. The culture often linked to Celtic and Proto-Celtic
On June 16, 2011 plans to build the replica was first reported. In June this year, the Chinese mining company China Minmetals built the full-scale replica in Huizhou-Guangdong province.