Welcome to Red Thread, Euractiv’s weekly newsletter on the EU’s relationship with China and the wider Asia-Pacific.
I’m Christina Zhao in Oceania, joined by Anupriya Datta in Europe.
This week, we explore why China built life-size replicas of European towns…
Tianducheng, China’s replica of Paris (Photo by Jackson Lowen/Construction Photography via Getty Images)
As China’s summer travel season gets under way, millions of people will spend their holidays strolling through seemingly English villages, Parisian boulevards and an Austrian village – without ever leaving the country.
