How Chinese villagers fake scenes for tourists desperate for photographs of a rural paradise | Daily Mail Online

China is known for its unashamed production of fake goods – for instance, pictures have emerged of ‘Rolexe’ watches and ‘WiWi consoles’ – but it turns out that the fakery even extends to the country’s rural image. It has recently been revealed that locals in one particular pastoral county – Xiapu in Fujian province - are embellishing facets of their genuinely rural life so that tourists come away with picture-perfect photo albums from their trip. Locals in the region stage quaint scenes for hoards of holidaymakers, even using special effects and props to paint a romanticised image of life there….