Suburban America Recreated In China

BoingBoing reports on a phenomenon taking place in China where folk are taking up residence in replicas of American communities:

Orange County, China is a gated community modeled on the posh neighborhood south of Los Angeles of the same name — it’s one of many recreated US neighborhoods springing up in China, including "Soho, Central Park, Palm Springs and Manhattan Gardens."

Boing Boing: Posh American neighborhoods recreated as Chinese burbclaves