Tianducheng, known officially as Guangsha Tianducheng, is a district of real estate in China. This area has an uncanny resemblance to one of the world’s most famous cities, Paris. This town in China ...

China has replicas of Venice, the White House, the World Trade Towers and the London-like Thames town—and once you know that it does not seem like such a stretch that there would be a faux Paris in ...

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The empty streets of new-age cities in China have been attracting international curiosity for years. Construction is being completed at a phenomenal rate, in the hope there will be a sudden influx of ...

There’s no denying China’s place among the topmost world powers—that being said, there’s also a steadily growing property bubble that’s just about ready to burst. There’s no greater testament to this ...

Just over 10 years ago the Chinese city of Tianducheng was a nondescript slice of land in the east of the country. But in 2007 developers began scouring the nation for places to erect new cities, ...

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In the far reaches of Dongguan, a city in south-eastern China known for its huge production factories of export goods, is a mini-city perfectly replicating historic sites from around Europe. The area ...