Knockoff to a new level due to COVID?

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..Even some Japanese are impressed..Sur e China is doing it for their people but little surprised to see based on the Japan/China history.. :

China is opening a knockoff Japanese shopping street and locals who miss travel love it. A new street in Foshan, Guangdong province, China, is meant to resemble famous shopping areas in Japan. ... According to a Japanese news outlet, everything from the signage to the road markings are modeled after those in Japan.