# Chinese pharmaceutical company builds a palace

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-pharmaceutical-company-builds-a-palace/596314 "2011-09-14T17:26:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-pharmaceutical-company-builds-a-palace/596314/1 "2011-09-14T17:26:59Z")

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The Harbin Pharmaceutical Company has constructed a [new corporate headquarters](http://observers.france24.com/content/20110913-china-controversial-pharmaceutical-company-builds-versailles-palace-castle-chinese-harbin-group) modeled on the palace at Versailles.

Definitely well over the top.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-pharmaceutical-company-builds-a-palace/596314/2 "2011-09-14T19:20:58Z")

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Ironically, there used to be a little crappy hole in the pharmacy near here called Drug Palace.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-pharmaceutical-company-builds-a-palace/596314/3 "2011-09-14T21:14:11Z")

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Holy crap! That’s disturbingly awesome!