Beijing building Kremlin copy enrages netizens

BEIJING: Local officials in a Beijing suburb have built themselves a white-walled, gold-domed office complex resembling Moscow’s Kremlin, state media reported, prompting anger among Chinese who condemned the lavish buildings.

Photos published by the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper showed the sprawling complex, whose arched windows and gleaming spires resemble those of the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Russian presidential palace, flanked by factories churning out smoke in the background.