Structures of fancy

Culture can be a kind of resource to be used for attracting attention as well as investment for local economic development. But when many local governments turn the exploitation of cultural resources into some sort of a gold rush, the absurdity of it becomes too obvious. That makes it difficult for others to believe that such governments have even common sense.

The municipal government of Huai'an is constructing a huge ball on an ancient bridge as a landmark demarcation line between southern and northern China.

It is reasonable and acceptable to say that the city is along the geographic and climatic watershed between the two parts of China. But it is simply ridiculous to select a particular place in the city as the exact point where the two parts of the country stand geographically divided.