China Has A Whole Lot Of Strange World Monument Replicas

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    Laborers work on scaffolding near a full-scale replica of the Sphinx at an unfinished movie and animation theme park in Chuzhou, Anhui province.
    1/14 Laborers work on scaffolding near a full-scale replica of the Sphinx at an unfinished movie and animation theme park in Chuzhou, Anhui province.
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    A Chinese worker rides past statues modeled on the famous Easter Island "Moai" in the Central Business District of Beijing.
    2/14 A Chinese worker rides past statues modeled on the famous Easter Island "Moai" in the Central Business District of Beijing.
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    Two boys play-fight with swords in front of the mini replica of the United States Capitol in Beijing World Park.
    3/14 Two boys play-fight with swords in front of the mini replica of the United States Capitol in Beijing World Park.
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    Visitors walk past a copy of Mount Rushmore at a park in Chongqing.
    4/14 Visitors walk past a copy of Mount Rushmore at a park in Chongqing.
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    A man holds up a water bottle to mimic a replica of the Statue of Liberty near replicas of the New York skyline at the World Park in Beijing.
    5/14 A man holds up a water bottle to mimic a replica of the Statue of Liberty near replicas of the New York skyline at the World Park in Beijing.
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    Workers build pavement outside a replica of the Roman Colosseum at Fisherman's Wharf in Macau.
    6/14 Workers build pavement outside a replica of the Roman Colosseum at Fisherman's Wharf in Macau.
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    Chinese workers walk past a 1:4 scale mini leaning tower of Pisa in Shanghai.
    7/14 Chinese workers walk past a 1:4 scale mini leaning tower of Pisa in Shanghai.
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    Pedestrians walk past a half-sized replica of the Eiffel Tower at Tianducheng, a small Chinese community built to imitate Paris, in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province.
    8/14 Pedestrians walk past a half-sized replica of the Eiffel Tower at Tianducheng, a small Chinese community built to imitate Paris, in Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province.
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    Chinese security personnel wait for guests at a mansion on the edge of Beijing modeled after the baroque 17th century Chateau de Maisons-Laffitte in France.
    9/14 Chinese security personnel wait for guests at a mansion on the edge of Beijing modeled after the baroque 17th century Chateau de Maisons-Laffitte in France.
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    A motorcyclist rides past a 10-metre-high miniature replica of the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, in Jiangyan, Jiangsu province.
    10/14 A motorcyclist rides past a 10-metre-high miniature replica of the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris, in Jiangyan, Jiangsu province.
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    A replica of Stonehenge stands in a park beside a housing project in Hefei, Anhui province.
    11/14 A replica of Stonehenge stands in a park beside a housing project in Hefei, Anhui province.
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    A woman poses for a selfie in front of a miniature replica of London's Houses of Parliament, at a theme park called "Window Of The World" in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
    12/14 A woman poses for a selfie in front of a miniature replica of London's Houses of Parliament, at a theme park called "Window Of The World" in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
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    A view of the cloned London Bridge in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
    13/14 A view of the cloned London Bridge in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
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    Visitors to Beijing's World Park sit in front of a replica of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.
    14/14 Visitors to Beijing's World Park sit in front of a replica of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge.

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Why travel to all these major sights... when you could just travel around China instead?

The bizarre trend is called "duplitecture" and can be found across the country.

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