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Wow, you really always dig out interesting articles. So are you in one of those 'nine towns' at all (the 'one city' being Songjiang or Thames Town)?

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No, from that article I learned that they are building ten new suburbs (the distinction city-town seems to be about size) around Shanghai with different 'Western' themes (Britain, Italy, Holland, Germany, Spain, Scandinavia, Canada and America).

I am not in any of them, but from the photo I found and posted above, I could have been in Gaoqiao.... In other words, that one looks most like the place I am in.

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Arrrgh! This is really mean! All that comes up in Google is Gaoqiao, of course, along with lots of other info about that crazy Shanghai project...

May we please have another hint? :flirt:

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It's becoming hard now to give another hint without spelling the answer :). There is a Wikipedia article (in English) about this location though....

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Is that Hangzhou?

EDIT: Or maybe Zhouzhuang?

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Neither of the two, but going from Hangzhou to Zhouzhuang you're moving in the right direction.

Another clue:

It's a village developed by somebody who at one point was the second richest man in China.

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Just thought I'd throw this in there: Is it Longquan Village?

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Funny, I just thought this morning it was about time to maybe give another clue, as the thread has been silent for a while ;).

It's not Longquan Village, that seems to be quite an old place whereas my village is very recent.

It was developed by a Chinese businessman who is known for the fact that he was supposed to be the first governor of a Special Administrative Region in North Korea, on the border with China, where he was to introduce a form of market economics. Before that happened however, he was arrested by the Chinese authorities and sentenced to 18 years in prison for tax evasion and other economic crimes.

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Okay, would it be the Holland Village in Liaoning?

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It's actually in Shenyang, the capital city of the province of Liaoning, but given how long people have been trying to find it, I'll give you that :)!

Holland Village never really 'worked' after the arrest of Yang Bin, but it is a 450 hectare (1100 acre) large area that was supposed to include vacation villas, apartment towers, shopping districts and a theme park. It houses a collection of life size Dutch buildings, including the Gouda City Hall, Sneeker Waterpoort, the Peace Palace in The Hague and of course Amsterdam Central Station:

Your voyage next :jossun: