Chinese village unveils skyscraper taller than the Chrysler Building

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jimmy olsen

October 10, 2011, 01:11:31 PM
Absolutely ridiculous, the Chinese bubble is blowing up out of control.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/10/8252200-chinese-village-unveils-skyscraper-taller-than-the-chrysler-building


QuoteChinese village unveils skyscraper taller than the Chrysler Building
David R Arnott writes

A once-sleepy village in the countryside of eastern China
celebrated its 50th anniversary Saturday by unveiling an
incongruous addition to its skyline: a skyscraper taller than the
Chrysler Building.

The 74-story Longxi International Hotel towers 328 meters
(1,076 feet) above the village of Huaxi and cost 3 billion yuan
($472 million) to build, according to the state-owned China
Daily newspaper.

The building exudes wealth and excess," wrote The Guardian's
Jonathan Watts, who was given a tour before the official
opening. One of the most impressive features is a one-tonne
gold statue of an ox, said to be worth $47.2 million.

It may model itself on Dubai, but Huaxi is still officially classified
as a village. Its original residents, just 2,000 families, have
shared in the bonanza of its transformation. Reuters reports
that they each have at least $250,000 in the bank, as well as
enjoying universal health care and free education.

The rise of Huaxi, which now operates as a conglomerate with
interests in steel, shipping, tobacco and textiles, has drawn tens
of thousands of migrant workers, Watts reports, but their
comparitively meager earnings have left them on the outside
looking in.

What remains unclear is where the hotel, with its 826 bedrooms
and dining facilities for 5,000 guests, will find its patrons. Local
officials confidently predict a tourist rush, but if it does not
materialize then their golden ox may come to resemble nothing
no much as a great white elephant in the sky.

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Eddie Teach

#1
October 10, 2011, 01:15:51 PM
That's awesome.  :lol:
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Zanza

#2
October 10, 2011, 01:30:29 PM
A $47 million golden bull shows real class.

jimmy olsen

#3
October 10, 2011, 01:36:51 PM
Quote from: Zanza on October 10, 2011, 01:30:29 PM
A $47 million golden bull shows real class.
Moses is gonna kick their fucking ass!  :Joos
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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MadImmortalMan

#4
October 10, 2011, 02:01:30 PM
Quote from: Zanza on October 10, 2011, 01:30:29 PM
A $47 million golden bull shows real class.


Some looter will have a field day with that one day when it all come crashing down.
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Siege

#5
October 10, 2011, 02:19:51 PM
Hollywood can start making the movie.
"The Great Bull Robbery", "To steal a Bull", "The Pink Bull", "The Chinese Job", "Indiana Jones and The Golden Bull", "Gold Bullfighters from Outer space", "The Great Bull of China", "The Golden Bull strikes back", "The Bull King 3D", "Aliens vs The G-Bull", "Bull of the Damned", "SuperBull", "The Dark Golden Bull of Gotham".



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Siege

#6
October 10, 2011, 02:20:14 PM
A lot of bullshit in this thread.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Eddie Teach

#7
October 10, 2011, 02:47:25 PM
Most of it in the above two posts.
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Ideologue

#8
October 10, 2011, 03:22:02 PM
Is this one of those things where people who aren't paying attention give money to someone else and an entire town pretends it's a worthwhile investment?  I mean, even by Local Hero standards, the money people must be pretty hands-off.
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Razgovory

#10
October 10, 2011, 04:32:29 PM
Looks like a fancy water tower.
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FunkMonk

#11
October 10, 2011, 05:18:32 PM
Looks like the final level in a Contra game.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

chipwich

#12
October 10, 2011, 05:47:54 PM
Looks like an anime villain hideout.

Ideologue

#13
October 10, 2011, 06:33:45 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 10, 2011, 05:18:32 PM
Looks like the final level in a Contra game.

This one is my favorite. :lol:
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Grey Fox

#14
October 10, 2011, 07:29:30 PM
Less then 500 million for a skyscraper? The Chinese are efficient.
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