TOWER BRIDGE
This full-size replica in eastern Suzhou is just like London’s original but with double the towers
EIFFEL TOWER
A small-scale Paris in Hangzhou even has this minitower, one-third the size of the original
THE U.S. CAPITOL
One of many reproductions in the Beijing World Park, this replica is only a few feet tall
EASTER ISLAND
Copies of the Moai head statues line a pathway in the central business district of Beijing
THE SPHINX
Egypt complained about the full-size Giza replica in Hebei, so China agreed in 2014 to demolish it
TOWER OF PISA
China erected its own precarious tower in Shanghai–but this time, the signature tilt is deliberate
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