What're the Chinese up to?

Steve Schulze

Someone discovered a scale miniature landscape in the middle of nowhere in China via Google Earth.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/xfile-in-china/2006/07/20/1153166503699.html
Strange stuff. Any speculation on what it al means?

aesir

my guess would be its a very large scale model for a film.

cool find though. I dont understand why someone cant just ask the owners of the property... dont these reporters investigate things anymore?

SHEPEIRO

well with over population and all, theyre miniturising the land first then the people to go on it.

ElysiumGX

they're filming a new Godzilla. :P

Eric Chadwick

Very bizarre.

It might be used for miltary training, since they mention it seems to be a replica of a disputed border region with India.

snemmy

could be something made by enviromentalists...
could be a massive scale art work...
could be some excentric old codger flitting through his money..
could be made to through sensationlist media into a tizzy...

who knows.. and i doubt china will tell.

ElysiumGX

let's drop a miniature nuke on it.

Joseph Silverman

It's attached to a military base. Anyway, there are some kinda' cool side by side pictures here:

http://www.theregister.com/2006/07/19/huangyangtan_mystery/

KDR_11k

They're going to attach rocket launchers to ASIMOs and play Total Annihilation, of course!

ebagg

Their making a communist version of Godzilla?

joolz8000

The region is on the Chinese/Indian border- maybe it's time to take out those dirty Hindus.

kat

Building these things serves no purpose except to keep their huge army occupied doing *something*; it's the communist way don't you know!

Moz

man this would be awesome to play with army dudes on it.

ElysiumGX

Godzilla .vs Communism

Snowfly

godzilla's met his match . an adversary that cannot be incinerated or stepped on

Tulkamir

Maybe they made a miniature army to go with it?

SHEPEIRO

its jutst a generals play thing, if you look real carefull you can see him driving round it on a mini yellow digger, ew im jealous, that some sandpit.


when are we getting google earth video

Luxury

back before flight simulators, they used terrains like this and had a mechanical camera flying around simulating the aircraft. maybe its a leftover from those days?