They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and this concept has been taken to its limit in China ... These replica cities were born from the "One City, Nine Towns" initiative, a ...

U.S. forces built their own replica of the multistory compound to train for the high-profile mission. China's training site in Yulin county, near the city of ... stood is now empty, according ...

Empty skyscrapers ... government backers red faced. Not in China, where the northern port city of Tianjin’s plan to build the nation’s answer to Manhattan is pinning fresh hope on its new ...

The replica Eiffel Tower rises to 108 meters (354 feet) in the heart of the city's plush Tianducheng development. More Getty Images In China's eastern ... the town's long-empty boulevards and ...

A few hours outside of Shanghai you'll come across Tianducheng, a wannabe Paris that features a 354-foot replica ... in China. The city, meant to house almost 50,000 people, is mostly empty.

THE $85 billion “model” city trumpeted by China as a pioneering solution to ... are also being ordered in to populate the empty urban landscape. One female resident rolling around the empty ...