That isn't actually as far-fetched as it sounds. There's a Thames Town (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/14/fake-english-town-in-china_n_3907820.html htt

That isn't actually as far-fetched as it sounds. There's a Thames Town (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/14/fake-english-town-in-china_n_3907820.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/14/fake-english-town-i...), a copy of the village of Halstatt in Austria (http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hallstatt-china http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hallstatt-china), and even a Paris clone (http://weburbanist.com/2013/09/07/paris-of-the-east-abandoned-replica-ghost-city-in-china/ http://weburbanist.com/2013/09/07/paris-of-the-east-abandone...) in China.