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610-metre TV tower starts construction in South China city
Construction of a 610-metre Xinhua TV tower, expected to be the world’s highest, started recently in Guangzhou, capital city of South China’s Guangzhou province. The Xinhua TV tower, with a 450-metre tower and a 160-metre mast, will be finished in 2009 at a total cost of CNY 2.2 bn (EUR 232m). The TV tower will be used to broadcast the Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou in 2010, said the Guangzhou government to Xinhua today. Sponsors of the TV tower, the Guangzhou-based Construction and Investment Development Co., Ltd and the Guangzhou TV Station, selected a design from the United Kingdom among 13 entries from China and abroad.

Looks a bit like the “Turning Torso” over in Malmö Sweden..

Here is todays Xinhua building:

The Xinhua building

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