What're the Chinese up to?

Steve Schulze · Jul 2006

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 · Jul 2006

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 · Jul 2006

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

ElysiumGX · Jul 2006

they're filming a new Godzilla. :P

Eric Chadwick · Jul 2006

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 · Jul 2006

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 · Jul 2006

let's drop a miniature nuke on it.

Joseph Silverman · Jul 2006

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 · Jul 2006

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

ebagg · Jul 2006

Their making a communist version of Godzilla?

joolz8000 · Jul 2006

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

kat · Jul 2006

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 · Jul 2006

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

ElysiumGX · Jul 2006

Godzilla .vs Communism

Snowfly · Jul 2006

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

Tulkamir · Jul 2006

Maybe they made a miniature army to go with it?

SHEPEIRO · Jul 2006

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 · Jul 2006

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?

What're the Chinese up to?

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