David Lock

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-new-town.html


Absolutely staggering

dl

Graz

Mental.

Must have some flat land somewhere in a country that size

dpb

Wonder how many peasants will be levelled into the bargain

brendy76

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Mental that they are still building when they have so many ghost cities already.

speedking

Seems strange that a story in The Telegraph gives 2 namechecks to The Guardian, can't they find their own news ? Maybe The Guardian is some Chinese authority figure who looks after the region.

Seems doomed to failure. I would think the money would be better spent developing the housing on the hillside. But the Chinese economy is to some extent propped up by domestic mega construction projects.

RobsyUK

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It's ok flattening mountins but whre do you put the dirt?

gpssti4

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Can't be much of a mountain range if it's only costing £2.2bn. For example, a nuclear sub costs in the region of £3bn.

jods

They'll dig a big hole to put it in.

wayne9t9

If there`s not too much dirt, half a hole will do.

Tidgy

anyone else think our carbon saving is total bollocks when other countrys do stuff like this? lol

Mouser

Yes, but it gives our Government another reason to tax us even more.

David_Dickson

EXACTLY!

The EU are bleating on about low energy lightbulbs and wind farms, yet the daily happenings in China and India make a complete mockery of any bit of good we might achieve.
Its been mentioned above, but there are already enough ghost cities in China - massive construction projects to build entire cities, providing construction jobs and driving their labour-based economy, yet no ordinary citizens can afford to live in them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19049254

RobJenks

Cut and fill - Thats how motorways are constructed .

paulr

Maybe there's another project in China where they are filling in 700 lakes.........

burbling1

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Pmsl.

hodgy0_2

Literally making mole hills out of mountains