World's largest building' opens in China
The superlatives in China continue the latest symbol of China's "bigger is much, much better" ethos is open for business.
Located in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China, the New Century Global Center is the "largest freestanding building in the world," Chinese officials say.
At 500 meters long, 400 meters wide and 100 meters high, the 1.7-million-square-meter mega-structure is capable of housing 20 Sydney Opera Houses and almost three times the size of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
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