Video: Massive county government building in Tongbai, Henan

Move over Pyongyang. The county government in Henan Province's impoverished Tongbai County (桐柏县), population 420,000, has built itself a massive building with a very expansive square that even the Shanghai municipal government could only dream of. The entire compound appears to be designed in accordance with fengshui principles with giant gates and sculptures of mythical creatures that locals have never even heard of before.

This video of the day on Youku garnered 396,000 views in less than a day and we expect it to be taken down — like really soon.

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That's funny. I can access it in Hong Kong. You would almost think Chinese authorities censored the Internet or something...

I love the music too: "I'm so tired of your big bad love..." done to too-fast techno. It makes me think of walking by shoe stores in Shenzhen's Dongmen area.

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