Controversy erupts over China Pavilion copycat

BEIJING - While tens of thousands of visitors have visited the China Pavilion, one of the most popular spots at the Shanghai Expo, a copycat version of the pavilion is under construction in a poverty-stricken county in Jiangsu province, causing a huge controversy.

The mimic pavilion lies at the crossroads of two national highways in the south of Funing county, Yancheng city in East China.

The seven-story building is quite similar in appearance to the original China Pavilion in terms of its structure, color and shape. The only difference is that the mimic is just a sculpture, which has limited inside space and cannot be used as a pavilion.