[Buddha-l] China plans theme park ousdie Lhasa--------

[Christopher Fynn]

Erik

The Chinese have already built several replicas of the Potala in Lhasa

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomad710/3783889567

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikingrivercruises/4627568565/

http://peterwilkie.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Xn9oL4z9IJU

- C


On 19/07/2012, Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Perhaps also stupid. I mean there are lots of Chinese middle class
> people who now have the money to go somewhere and they do not mind to
> stand in line for hours and visit the most crappy theme parks. But I
> wonder if you can go on for ever, if there will not come a time that
> even the most insensitive Chinese grow tired of theme parks or that they
> discover that it is more convenient to build one near Beijing.
> They build replica of European towns but who would build a replica near
> the original? Perhaps they are planning to destroy all of Lhasa?
>
> erik
>