John Maier

A passion for pastiche: China’s Potemkin villages

John Darlington reports on the vogue for fake, showpiece architecture in China, whether Tyrolean or Tudorbethan with red telephone boxes

One of several pastiche villages in China: a replica of Hallstatt in Austria opened in Guangdong Province in 2012. Credit: Alamy 
issue 17 October 2020
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