The copycat 'English' town in the heart of China
Daniel Coughlin
18 October 2024
Explore the eerie British doppelgänger near Shanghai
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The 'nine towns' of Shanghai
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Borrowed building styles
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British design
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How to build a town
Huai-Chun Hsu/Flickr [CC BY 2.0]
English inspiration
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Imported touches
Marc van der Chijs/Flickr [CC BY-ND 2.0)
Queen's guards
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Statues shipped over
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Uncanny replica
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Replica roads
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Architectural homage
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Impressive duplicates
Drew Bates/Flickr [CC BY 2.0]
Newlywed hotspot
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House prices soar
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From Thames Town to ghost town
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Sparse population
Marc van der Chijs/Flickr [CC BY-ND 2.0]
Floundering businesses
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Turning the tide
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China's most beautiful book shop
Francisco Anzola/Flickr [CC BY 2.0]
Movie connection
Huai-Chun Hsu/Flickr [CC BY 2.0]
Growing population
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A resurrected town centre
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Million-dollar houses
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Myriad businesses
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Key critic
Huai-Chun Hsu/Flickr [CC BY 2.0]
Official ban
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