Saturday, December 8, 2012

Lanzhou

Chinese developers are planning to flatten 700 mountains to make way for a new town in the north-west of the country. The nation's most ambitious "mountain moving" project is slated for a patch of desert the outskirts of Lanzhou in the Gansu province and is estimated to cost £2.2bn, according to the Guardian.
--http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9728795/China-700-mountains-to-be-levelled-to-make-way-for-new-town.html 

See also: Internet vigilantes call out Lanzhou mayor in bling scandal

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