Welcome to the O.C., China.

China’s rising elite is importing a new American lifestyle, complete with fake lakes, stucco ranch houses, and Hummers in the driveway. But as these gated communities grow, is China doomed to repeat all of America’s mistakes?

by Daniel Brook / GOOD magazine

The American Dream, made in China. Daniel Brook covers the phenomenon that is Orange County, in Beijing, China. The very thing you saw on television in the paradise that is Orange County, California, USA, has been packaged and exported wholesale to the Mandarin motherland. If the hummers, cul-de-sacs and boxes of betty crocker cereal don’t convince you, take a look at this.

JJ is co-founder of 5ft Creatives and is currently based in New York.