# Weird Chinese Structures in the Desert

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-chinese-structures-in-the-desert/603310>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 18, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-chinese-structures-in-the-desert/603310 "2011-11-18T04:24:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-chinese-structures-in-the-desert/603310/1 "2011-11-18T04:24:22Z")

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Details [here](http://gizmodo.com/5859081/why-is-china-building-these-gigantic-structures-in-the-middle-of-the-desert).

Google Maps is showing odd giant structures out in China’s desert. Anyone hear of this before or have an inkling of what they might be?

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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-chinese-structures-in-the-desert/603310/2 "2011-11-18T04:50:48Z")

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[There is another thread already](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631466)

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-chinese-structures-in-the-desert/603310/3 "2011-11-18T04:54:18Z")

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If I were China, I’d do this just to fuck with anyone who has spy satellites.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-chinese-structures-in-the-desert/603310/4 "2011-11-18T05:27:46Z")

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> [@indian](#):
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> [There is another thread already](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631466)

D’oh! Sorry about that. Mods, please close this one.