Size Matters 2

[vetran]

China gloats over fake Tower Bridge with FOUR turrets | Daily Mail Online

'Our bridge is bigger than yours!' China gloats over its fake Tower Bridge with FOUR turrets
Suzhou, located west of Shanghai, boasts a version of London's Tower Bridge which is double the size
The knock-off, built in 2010, apparently cost 80 million yuan (£9.4 million) to complete
While many locals have given the colossal structure a thumbs up, others are said to be 'ashamed' of it

[LondonManc]

They can't put anything bigger than a rubber duck under it. What a waste of money.

[vetran]

They can't put anything bigger than a rubber duck under it. What a waste of money.

it was £9.4 million we would spend that on a roundabout.

[LondonManc]

it was £9.4 million we would spend that on a roundabout.

If it was made with Chinese steel, there's a reason they daren't move it.

[vetran]

If it was made with Chinese steel, there's a reason they daren't move it.

yeah they could have built it with Indian steel.

[woohoo]

China gloats over fake Tower Bridge with FOUR turrets | Daily Mail Online

Doesnt do much for their reputation as a country that copies rather than invents.

[NigelJK]

Doesnt do much for their reputation as a country that makes bad copies rather than invents.

FTFY.

As a matter of interest why would anyone bother patenting anything these days, as even if you have a watertight case it will still cost many £100,000's to fight it?

Wonder what the royalties for something like multi-valve engines would be?

[BrilloPad]

it was £9.4 million we would spend that on a roundabout.

Lets go back to Victorian times when there was loads of cheap labour and the vast majority lived in poverty.

Hang on, we are heading that way...