China's Burj Khalifa

So what if you can’t beat the feat, just plan a look-a-like of the world’s tallest building. A few days after its first anniversary, the Burj Khalifa, is inspiring a similar structure in China.

The People’s Daily, in a report on Thursday, said the proposed $1.3 billion tower (the Burj cost an estimated $1.5 billion to build) would come up in Mentougou district of the capital and would house a seven-star hotel.

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While not naming the developer, it said the project would be jointly developed with Saudi Arabia. The report quoted Wang Hongzhong, a senior official of the Mentougou district, as saying the design and planning of the seven-star hotel was ready. “It has been designed as a stream-lined building like the Khalifa Tower in Dubai,’’ the report quoted him as saying. The official did not mention the completion date of the venture, but said the hotel would be world-class and would bear the hallmark of luxury.

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It seems like China is not standing idle. It is going to compete to show the world who's the tallest in the world. China is so competitive, just overwhelming competitive. It wants to copy the best of the world's icons. Emulating every top strategy employed by top strategists in the world. Hopefully all works out well for China and it doesn't all backfire at her simultaneously.

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However, Burj Khalifa is definitely here to stay in terms of the tallest building in the world. At least for the next few years. China had better try harder.

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