A new theme park in Florida is raising the same concerns. More than 60 exhibits replicate Chinese landmarks in miniature, including the Forbidden City, Lunan Stone Forest and the Great Wall.
Live entertainment includes Chinese dancers, acrobats, storytellers and martial arts demonstrations.
We don't have rides. Splendid China is more cultural, a celebration of 5,000 years of Chinese history. The Chinese government is appropriating Tibetan culture and putting forth to the west these cute village scenes as if they were protecting the Tibetan way of life. Many landmarks were defaced during the Cultural Revolution, and the replicas in the park include these defacements. To the credit of the owners, who are Chinese, the park is not trying to hide from atrocities done so many years ago.