Western landmark replicas in China entertain some, infuriate others
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[CHONGQING, China] Already renowned for copying Western goods from trainers to champagne, China is building up its replica reputation with a miniature Mount Rushmore, Eiffel Tower and an entire Austrian village.
The reproduced structures - also dubbed "duplitecture" - can appear bizarre to outsiders but make sense to many in the country.
"I think it's a good thing. I can see things from places that I've never been," said a man surnamed Fu, 32, sitting in a Chongqing park scattered with sculptures including Michelangelo's David, Rodin's Thinker and the gigantic heads of four American presidents.
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