The Chinese government has erected a new sculpture in the province of Xinjiang, and it looks suspiciously like one of Chicago's most famous landmarks.
The sculpture in China is designed to commemorate the first oil well in the Karamay, a city known for its oil supply. The People's Daily, an official newspaper of the Chinese Communist party, tweeted a photo of the completed project, which is supposed to be shaped like an "oil bubble."
Sculpture in shape of oil bubble is built at site of 1st oil well in Karamay, #Xinjiang http://t.co/AqbugmJr7o pic.twitter.com/jl0cATljTA
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) August 11, 2015
The sculpture appears, though, to be nearly an exact replica of Cloud Gate in Chicago's Millennium Park -- more commonly known as "The Bean."
The original Cloud Gate, which opened in 2006, wasn't motivated by an oil well. Its designer, Anish Kapoor, was inspired by liquid mercury -- or quicksilver -- and sought to both reflect and distort the Windy City's skyline.
A photo posted by 。Shelly P。 (@shelly_pea) on Aug 12, 2015 at 5:32am PDT
We're sure this is all just a coincidence.