{"id":463,"title":"I Explored China's Failed $1 Billion Copy of Paris (real city)","description":"This video is about Tianducheng, a Chinese city designed to look like Paris, including a replica Eiffel Tower. The city was initially abandoned, but people are slowly moving in. The video highlights the unique experience of visiting a replica of Paris in China and the contrast between the city's grand architecture and its quiet, almost empty streets. The creators of the video, Yes Theory, also promote their merchandise and a chance to win a paid trip to meet new friends.","slug":"i-explored-china-s-failed-1-billion-copy-of-paris-real-city","creator":"YesTheory","duration":1107.243537,"tags":["Tianducheng","China","Paris replica","Eiffel Tower","Yes Theory","travel vlog","abandoned city","cultural exploration","Seek Discomfort"],"transcription":"There are strange places in our world. And today we're investigating one of them. A real city that apparently some people live in, which is also a copy of Paris in China. One of the strangest real estate stories you may ever see. Entire cities designed to look like Paris. So why doesn't anybody want to live there? Online, it seems like this place is abandoned, however, and it's impossible to get any up-to-date reliable insight into what goes on in this city. Like not many people go to this place. There aren't any updated videos or anything from it, so um, I don't know. China's been quite notorious for its mega infrastructure projects that sometimes end up abandoned. Is this one of them? Well, in our second adventure in China, we decided to take a train out there with the aim to explore and find some locals to talk to and document properly what goes on in Tianducheng, China. Shanghai 24 hours earlier. All right, the adventure begins. The adventure begins. We look like an explorer squad right now. We got our backpacks, we got the different nationalities, different, you know, levels of skills, different areas, sandwiches. This is like Ocean's Six, actually. Huh? It does feel like a little homesick with all this, so we're going to head back to Paris. No, no, no. Our team this trip is quite special. Unfortunately, as you know, once again, Omar's visa to China got turned down and he missed the trip. On the other hand, Derin, for those of you who have been with us since the very start, will remember that he is one of the four original founders of Yes Theory, back from 2015 to 2017. And this is the first trip he's joining us on since then. He's one of the sweetest and smartest people I know, but may also be a serial killer. Are you a serial killer, Derin? It's pretty wild looking out the window of the train and seeing all the copy-paste buildings, just endless sea of high-rises. You really start to get a sense for the scale of this country. I mean, we just rolled past these cities that you've never heard of that are probably the size of Paris. There was actually a point where Thomas and I were talking when we first landed in China where I was like, how many people live in China? Is it like a billion, a billion something? And Thomas goes, that something is the size of the United States. 1.4 billion. That 0.4 is bigger than the US. The scale of it, it's insane. It's also so new. Not even 20 years of architecture type, you know? Yeah. This adventure in China is brought to you by ourselves. So just a quick reminder that there are only seven days left for our Black Friday promo on seekdiscomfort.com with a free keychain, a free conversational card game, and a free dat hat as gifts with purchase based on purchase amount. On top of all of that goodness, in the theme of the drop, Talk to Strangers, we're also going to match two amazing humans who purchase for a Yes Theory style trip together to spark a new friendship for life somewhere in the world. So check out seekdiscomfort.com linked in our description before this promo is gone in a week. There's something about being in a place that's your home that somebody copied and pasted and put it thousands of miles away and you're about to step into it. This doesn't look like anything that we've seen so far in China. Okay. It's like we're stepping into a completely different world just by entering the hotel. I kind of feel like at home. Look at this. Wow. Are you kidding me? It's like artwork of Napoleon and Mona Lisa. And the King of France. What the hell? What the hell? It smells really nice. Yeah. But there's nobody here. I feel like we've entered like a movie set. Yeah. You know, it's like Truman Show, but where are the characters? I'm just realizing it's the first time I ever see Mona Lisa. Yeah. No, no, no, no. We knew when we go back, we should go back to the things you haven't seen. The hotel rooms here are super cheap. It's 70 bucks for one room for two beds. So like $35 per person. It doesn't seem like there's anybody in this hotel though. What the hell? The crowning of Napoleon. It sounds like they took a photo and copied it. They like recreated it. It's a painting? Wow, it is a painting. Yeah, yeah. You can understand how deep the fascination with Paris comes from. You can really see it here, like how obsessed, especially people in China are with Paris. This is meant to be like a baguette. But it's plastic. Okay. I don't know if I should be scared or excited. I feel a bit of both. Monet Gallery? What is happening? Monet is here, bro. This is a very famous Monet. These ones. Yan, what do you think so far? It's big and confusing. Yeah. We also have one of our new friends Yan along with us. When we asked a Chinese friend of ours who the Yes Theory in China was, they answered Yan. She started barely over a year ago and mostly creates videos on Chinese platforms, but also posts on YouTube with a channel name Little Chinese Everywhere. She's got amazing videos in China. Highly recommend you check her channel out. She's joining us as a local friend and to help us communicate. I'm honestly not too sure how she'll stand us for the next two weeks, but I guess let's see. Whoa. Are you kidding me? Okay, this is weird. Now this is weird. But I say not props to that. Really painted the effect. It does feel like being kind of home a little bit. But like the pillars, like everything. No, this is like way more accurate in a feeling than I thought it would be. Yeah. It feels like we have a thousand of questions now. Now the question is, can we find people who we can ask these questions to? And just ask them why. What is it? What we've read online is that this place is abandoned. Occupancy is is very low. It really does look like Paris right there. There are people living there, hey? You see laundry. We got to get into some of these buildings and see what the apartments look like. It's like a French building, but it's like now it's very Chinese companies. Oh my God, this is insane. It's jumping in between. Oh my God. Oh. Hello. And all of a sudden, as we turn around the corner, ladies and gentlemen, there she was. There's no one here. This street is called Champs-Élysées. Are you kidding? What the heck? It's just kind of eerie because there's really no one in like an iconic monument area. I'm so used to seeing the Eiffel Tower and just like swarms of people. Yeah. It's like almost like the the apocalypse and then you see the Eiffel Tower. You live in Paris currently. Yeah. Like it feels both familiar and not. Like every shop here is obviously Chinese. Look, look at all the people. There's so many people. So it seems like it actually worked. Like the people actually moved here. But there's nobody here. There's a real estate center right here where you can inquire about buying property. They're French. So they want to be in Petit Paris. Paris, huh? Yeah. Sit down first. So I said that you have Chinese families because you need to have a Chinese household. They're really like family here. We're like friends, family. We're not lying, right? Yes. Definitely. Did you just? Did you just? Is there an empty room over here to look at? Yes, you can. We want from just rolling into moving in very fast. Maybe they built this first and Paris copied them. Who knows? I can't get over this. I can't get over that. Okay. Oh, cool. Oh, wow. You can see the Eiffel Tower. Oh. I'm protesting in love. May my love riding dandelion fly. What's that? What they said. Well, they got a nice view. When we first arrived, we weren't too sure what to feel. The streets were mostly empty, but it was also only 11:00 a.m. and likely people were at work or just at home. With confusion, however, we kept going, hoping to find some people to talk to. Excuse me, do you live here? Yeah, what's up? Has he been to Paris? No. No, no. I've learned all about Paris online. Only through the internet. What what is the best thing with living in this city? I think the foot traffic is better here, but it's also more casual. We should do that. They're from Paris. They came here. Welcome to Paris. Who plays basketball? We should do that. He's 85 years old and he plays basketball. Yeah. Yeah. I'm from the Zhejiang Provincial Senior Team. He wants to play ball with you. Ask him what position he plays in basketball. I play basketball as a guard. What position are you playing? Point guard. Back like that. Whoa. Okay. Whoa. What is her secret to get all these? What did that just happen? I'm getting so inspired because there were some people in Sweden who said like, don't go to China. You can't talk about an entire country when it comes to the people and the humanity. Like, just super moments which you can't find on the internet. You have to go and travel and have the medicine of traveling and then then we're here. Amen. This is an undiscovered blue zone. Yeah. Yeah, literally. What's blue zone? What the hell is that? You don't watch Yes Theory videos? Honestly, in the in the US, the narrative of China is very fear-based. As an American, you know, and I think for all of us, we come here. We have these incredible interactions with people. And we're like, this is crazy. And meanwhile, you're like, this is pretty normal. Yeah, for me, it's really I'm so used to it, so I don't get the other perspective. But I think media really reports on, you know, political stuff. It's never about ordinary people. But I also found that human beings are the same. So wherever I go, I always meet people with this kind. The natural state is love. Just humans, baby. Nihao. Nihao. How are you? We're all good. You guys are good too. I want to see that view. Let's ask and we see what they say. We'd like to go up there and take a picture. Is that okay? You'll have to go around that way. She's just interrupting his construction day. Nihao. Wow, beautiful. Yeah, very beautiful. This is amazing. Look at this. It's like surprisingly beautiful. From this way, it really does look like some neighborhood of Paris I don't know. So what is this city? Well, in 2007, a Chinese real estate company began its construction, mostly at the time surrounded by farmland. The primary motivation behind creating Tianducheng was to attract home buyers seeking a unique and aesthetically pleasing environment. The project was a part of a broader trend in China at the time, where developers were creating themed towns and entire cities based on foreign landmarks and architectural styles. However, at the onset, partially from its strange location, occupancy and interest for the city seriously lacked, earning it this reputation of a ghost town. That's a copy of a Versailles fountain. So this is how it looks like in Versailles as well. It's identical. Not completely. Look at that view. Yeah, man. This is wild to be this close. We should definitely go towards it. The real Eiffel Tower is three times as tall. It really makes you realize how big the real one is. Yeah. Around the Eiffel Tower, there's like an abandoned construction site. Look at that. Oh, wow. It doesn't look. It is a little weird to leave this stuff around here. It is. It's like they gave up on finishing whatever they were. Like, it's kind of overgrown around. You can't. It is. It is. It is. It is. It is. It is. It is. It is. 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What the hell? It smells really nice. Yeah. But there's nobody here. I feel like we've entered like a movie set. Yeah. You know, it's like Truman Show, but where are the characters? I'm just realizing it's the first time I ever see Mona Lisa. Yeah. No, no, no, no. We knew when we go back, we should go back to the things you haven't seen. The hotel rooms here are super cheap. It's 70 bucks for one room for two beds. So like $35 per person. It doesn't seem like there's anybody in this hotel though. What the hell?","visual":{"action":"The friends are in the opulent hotel lobby, looking around in awe and confusion. Staffan laughs and gestures, while Derin smiles. Thomas speaks to the camera, expressing his feeling of being in a movie set. Staffan then looks at the Mona Lisa portrait, seemingly seeing it for the first time. 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They like recreated it. It's a painting? Wow, it is a painting. Yeah, yeah.","visual":{"action":"Matt, wearing a white cap and grey t-shirt, stands in front of a large painting depicting the crowning of Napoleon. He points at the painting and speaks to the camera, expressing his surprise that it's a recreation rather than a photograph. 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What is happening? Monet is here, bro. This is a very famous Monet. These ones.","visual":{"action":"A woman with a backpack walks down a long, yellow-lit hallway, followed by two men. The camera then focuses on Staffan, who is looking at a painting of a man with a beard, then turns to the camera, smiling and gesturing. He then points to a painting of water lilies, and then to another landscape painting. 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It's big and confusing. Yeah, you said. Yeah, you said.","visual":{"action":"Yan, wearing a white t-shirt and backpack, stands in a yellow-lit hallway, looking at the camera and speaking. She smiles and gestures with her hands. Two men walk past her in the background. 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When we asked a Chinese friend of ours who the Yes Theory in China was, they answered Yan. She started barely over a year ago and mostly creates videos on Chinese platforms, but also posts on YouTube with a channel name Little Chinese Everywhere. She's got amazing videos in China, highly recommend you check her channel out. She's joining us as a local friend and to help us communicate. I'm honestly not too sure how she'll stand us for the next two weeks, but I guess let's see.","visual":{"action":"The video introduces Yan, a young Chinese woman. She is first seen outdoors, laughing and wearing a yellow sweatshirt, with Derin next to her. Then, there are several quick cuts of Yan in different locations: smiling in a narrow street, speaking to the camera in a room, sitting on a bus with other people, smiling next to a woman in a headscarf, waving at an airport, and talking to a man in a hat. A YouTube channel page for 'Little Chinese Everywhere' is shown, highlighting her videos. 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Really painted the effect. It does feel like being kind of home a little bit. But like the pillars, like everything. No, this is like way more accurate in a feeling than I thought it would be. Yeah. It feels like we have a thousand of questions now. Now the question is, can we find people who we can ask these questions to? And just ask them why. What is it? Why?","visual":{"action":"Derin, wearing a blue t-shirt and white shorts, stands on a balcony, laughing and gesturing. He then turns to the camera, still gesturing. Staffan, wearing a white t-shirt and cap, stands next to Thomas, who is sitting in a chair, looking thoughtful. Staffan speaks to the camera, gesturing with his hands, while Yan watches. 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Occupancy is is very low. It really does look like Paris right there. There are people living there, hey? You see laundry.","visual":{"action":"Thomas, wearing sunglasses and a white t-shirt, walks down a city street with his friends, speaking to the camera. He gestures as he talks about the city's appearance. The camera then focuses on a balcony with clothes hanging to dry, emphasizing the residential aspect of the buildings. 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Not really in Paris. Oh, cool. Oh, wow. You can see the Eiffel Tower. Oh. I'm protesting in love. May my love riding dandelion fly. What they said. Well, they got a nice view.","visual":{"action":"The friends enter an apartment building and walk up a staircase. Thomas and Matt are seen entering an empty apartment, which is under renovation. Matt points towards the window, revealing a view of the Parisian-style city with the Eiffel Tower in the distance. He expresses his excitement. Staffan then examines a wall decal of dandelions and fairies, and reads the text aloud. 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They're from Paris. They came here. Welcome to Paris. Who plays basketball? We should do that. He's 85 years old and he plays basketball. Yeah. Yeah. I'm from the Zhejiang Provincial Senior Team. He wants to play ball with you. What position are you playing? Point guard. Back like that. Whoa. Okay. Whoa. Thank you, sister. She said sit down and enjoy the food. That's he's only 10 years away from 100 years old. Wow. What is her secret to get all these? Oh my God. Did that just happen? I'm getting so inspired because there were some people in Sweden who said like, don't go to China. You can't talk about an entire country when it comes to the people and the humanity. Like, just super moments which you can't find on the internet. You have to go and travel and have the medicine of traveling and then then we're here. Amen. This is an undiscovered blue zone. Yeah. Yeah, literally. What's blue zone? What the hell is that? 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Let's ask and we see what they say. We'd like to go up there and take a picture. Is that okay? You'll have to go around that way. We have to go like this. She's just interrupting his construction day.","visual":{"action":"Staffan and Thomas walk down a street in Tianducheng, discussing a construction site. Staffan points towards a building under construction, expressing his desire to see the view from there. Yan then approaches a construction worker, asking if they can go up to take a picture. The worker explains they have to go around. 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Hi.","visual":{"action":"Thomas walks through the town square at dusk, speaking to the camera. He expresses his surprise at how much he likes the city, contrasting it with his initial expectation of finding an abandoned place. Children are playing in the background. He then bends down to greet a young boy, who runs towards him and jumps into his arms. Thomas playfully lifts the child up. 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People are walking around, and street vendors are selling food and clothes.","colors":{"dominant":"#A4A4A4","palette":["#A4A4A4","#D4D4D4","#7C7C7C","#5C5C5C","#E4E4E4"]},"composition":{"angle":"eye-level, low angle","focus":"sharp on people and city","framing":"medium shots, wide shots"},"mood":"lively, joyful","objects":[{"color":"brown","name":"Eiffel Tower replica","position":"background","state":"standing"},{"color":"white, grey","name":"buildings","position":"background","state":"European style, lit up"},{"color":"various","name":"street vendor stalls","position":"sides of street","state":"illuminated"}],"people":[{"age_range":"children, adults","clothing":{"accessories":"various","bottom":"various","footwear":"various","top":"various"},"face":"smiling, playing, walking","hair":"various","hands":"at sides","pose":"sitting, playing, walking","position":"various"}],"setting":{"architecture":"town square, European-inspired city","background":"cityscape with Eiffel Tower at night","lighting":"artificial city lights","location":"Tianducheng, China"},"text_on_screen":[]}},{"t":1646,"speech":"In the evening, the whole city came alive. Chinese crepe? Okay. Paris in China, baby. Just got a crepe by the Eiffel Tower. Oh, good. And we got to see a side of it that I guess the news maybe didn't stick around long enough to see. A very communal, family-oriented environment where kids are safe enough to run around the streets, even without their parents. How long? Nice to meet you. Five. Where are you from? America. Sweden, America, and Paris. Same same like Paris? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Small Paris. What is happening right now? We were told this place was abandoned. There are people out dancing. Look at this. People are just, okay, what is happening? Yeah, baby. Strange as the situation itself is, as a travel memory, it couldn't have been any better. Everyone is so smiley and so friendly and so open. I was not expecting when we woke up that we were going to dance by the Eiffel Tower.","visual":{"action":"The city comes alive at night. 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So, for our second part of the trip, we did. So do you want to come to a party?","visual":{"action":"The video shows a series of quick cuts. First, a man laughs with another man in a room. Then, Staffan and another man make fists, smiling. Next, Staffan, Yan, and an elderly woman are clapping and cheering, with Staffan looking excited. The scene then shifts to Staffan and another man in a room, looking thoughtful. Staffan then speaks to Yan, who holds a sign that says 'DO YOU WANT TO COME TO OUR PARTY?'. The video then shows a lively party scene with people dancing and laughing. 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