Move over, fake designer bags—China has taken the art of imitation to a whole new level! A Chinese metals and mining company has dropped nearly a billion dollars to recreate an entire Austrian village just an hour away from Huizhou city. That’s right, the charming alpine village of Hallstatt now has a doppelgänger in subtropical southern China, complete with all the picturesque charm but minus the lederhosen.

 

Chinese Company Knocks Off Entire Austrian Village