China has long been known for its whack - offs and copy - cat merch , but this former project is some next - story kind of imitative gaga .
The Austrian village of Hallstat — a centuries - honest-to-god hamlet of 900 and a UNESCO inheritance situation that relies heavily on time of year touristry to survive — was recently clone by Minmetals Land Inc. , the real landed estate development arm of China Minmetals Corp. , China ’s turgid metals dealer . Formosan Hallstat , by contrast , isa nouveau riche housing estate(in Guangdong responsibility ’s Huizhou metropolis , about 100 international nautical mile from Hong Kong ) .
News 24reports that Minmetals staff had been deployed to “ Old ” Hallstatt , where they took photos and gathered data , raising mistrust among villager . “ People in Hallstatt first study a year ago of Minmetals ’ architectural plan when a Formosan guest at Wenger ’s hotel who was involve with the projection unwittingly spill the bean . ”
Many residents of the scenic hillside Austrian village were displeased to learn of the Chinese pseud ; at the prescribed unveiling ceremony this past Saturday , Mayor Alexander Scheutz signed a ethnic exchange concord with the new Hallstatt , diplomatically state the “ pride ” find by the flattered first Hallstat .
“ They should have ask … if we agree with the idea to rebuild Hallstatt in China , ” hotel possessor Monika Wenger told News 24 . “ They did not . ”
Original Hallstat ( at left ) , Chinese Hallstat ( at mighty ) .
[ News24viaSlashdot ]
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