30Dec/070
Tiger Leaping Gorge Saved For Now
A bit of news that should encourage environmentalists throughout China:
China has abandoned controversial plans to build a huge dam which would have submerged one of the country's most renowned tourist areas and forced the relocation of 100,000 residents in the south-western province of Yunnan.
In a rare and high-profile victory for China's environmental movement, the project at Tiger Leaping Gorge on the upper reaches of the Yangtze river was scrapped during a meeting in the provincial capital, Kunming.
Of course, this reprieve may only be temporary, but it shows how tourism interests can occasionally supersede industrial and business ones, even in China.
