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Once you see it, you'll notice some details they got right and some that just screams, it's not very authentic!
In the suburbs of the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, people don't need to get on a plane to see the Eiffel Tower.
That's because Paris is right in their neighborhood.
Tianducheng, or "Sky Capital City," is a real estate development modeled after the city of lights, right down to a version of the Eiffel Tower that is one-third the height of the real one.
"I think [it's] a little strange," Rachel Ni, who moved to Tianducheng six years ago, told ABC News' "Nightline." "I don't like it here."
Unlike the real Paris, laundry hangs in full view everywhere in Tianducheng, even on trees, and the fountains are dry. Many apartments are empty, and few stores are even open for business.
"I live here because it's cheap. In Hangzhou, this is very, very cheap," said Ni. "The environment is good, especially for the baby."
To Ni, her view of the fake Eiffel Tower is embarrassing.
"No people will think it's cool, no people. And some people, I think, want this removed. It's fake. It's not the true [one]," Ni said.
Tianducheng is not the only place in China where architecture has been copied from a different country. Two hours away in the Chinese city of Suzhou, known for its unique architecture and waterways, there are dozens of duplicated bridges, including a version of Paris' Pont Alexandre III and a mutated clone of London's famed Tower Bridge, featuring four towers instead of two.
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