With the news that a development company is seeking to create a clone of Old Quebec near Shanghai, I thought it would be a great time to revisit some of the replica cities, copycat towns, or if you like duplicature, in China. Some years back it became fashionable to replicate European…
While China is renowned for its famous historic sites that date back thousands of years its ancient towns have been off the radar for most foreign visitors. The ancient towns offer not just an attraction but deep insight into the culture, architecture, and life in those times. While many of…
China has been the built the most skyscrapers every year for over a decade now, and last year was no exception with 77 having been built in 36 different cities. 12 were built in Shenzhen alone last year. The business model is the same for all most all of them…
With China’s new found wealth it has been going through a long and much-discussed housing boom along with a boom in oversized, xenocentric, weird architecture and skyscrapers. While much of the grand symbolic, and expensive, development led by local governments will slow down after an explicit statement by the president himself to request…