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Old December 9th 12, 12:15 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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"China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert.

Lanzhou new area plan to begin with 'mountain-moving project', but
financial and environmental wisdom of project questioned.

A long, long time ago, an old Chinese peasant named Yu Gong decided to
move two inconveniently located mountains away from blocking the
entrance to his home. Legend has it he struggled terribly, but
ultimately succeeded. Hence the Chinese idiom "Yu Gong moves the
mountains." Where there's a will, there's a way. Now Chinese
developers are putting old Yu to shame.

In what is being billed as the largest "mountain-moving project" in
Chinese history, oneof China's biggest construction firms will spend
2.2bn to flatten 700 mountains levelling the area Lanzhou, allowing
developers to build a new metropolis on the outskirts of the north-
western city.

The Lanzhou New Area, 500 square miles (130,000 hectares) of land 50
miles from the city, which is the provincial capital of arid Gansu
province, could increase the region's gross domestic product to 27bn
by 2030, according to the state-run China Daily. It has already
attracted almost 7bn of corporate investment.

The project will be China's fifth "state-level development zone" and
the first in the country's rapidly developing interior, according to
state media reports. Others include Shanghai's Pudong and Tianjin's
Binhai, home to a half-built, 120-building replica of Manhattan.
China's state council, its highest administrative authority, approved
the Lanzhou project in August.

The first stage of the mountain-flattening initiative, which was
reported on Tuesday by the China Economic Weekly magazine, began in
late October and will eventually enable a new urban district almost 10
square miles in size northeast of downtown Lanzhou a small, but
important part of the Lanzhou Nnew area project to be built.

One of the country's largest private companies: the Nanjing-based
China Pacific Construction Group, headed by Yan Jiehe, is behind the
initiative. The 52-year-old former teacher is portrayed in China as a
sort of home-grown Donald Trump ultra-ambitious and preternaturally
gifted at navigating the country's vast network of "guanxi", or
personal connections."

And, even better, there's little likelihood of rain spoiling your
ride:-

"Liu Fuyuan, a former high-level official at the country's National
Development and Reform Commission, told China Economic Weekly that the
project was unsuitable because Lanzhou is frequently listed as among
China's most chronically water-scarce municipalities. "The most
important thing is to gather people in places where there is water,"
he said."

So, win-win (as the zoo-keeper named his panda).
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Old December 9th 12, 12:24 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
jnugent
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On 09/12/2012 11:15, Squashme wrote:

"China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert.

Lanzhou new area plan to begin with 'mountain-moving project', but
financial and environmental wisdom of project questioned.

A long, long time ago, an old Chinese peasant named Yu Gong decided to
move two inconveniently located mountains away from blocking the
entrance to his home. Legend has it he struggled terribly, but
ultimately succeeded. Hence the Chinese idiom "Yu Gong moves the
mountains." Where there's a will, there's a way. Now Chinese
developers are putting old Yu to shame.

In what is being billed as the largest "mountain-moving project" in
Chinese history, oneof China's biggest construction firms will spend
2.2bn to flatten 700 mountains levelling the area Lanzhou, allowing
developers to build a new metropolis on the outskirts of the north-
western city.

The Lanzhou New Area, 500 square miles (130,000 hectares) of land 50
miles from the city, which is the provincial capital of arid Gansu
province, could increase the region's gross domestic product to 27bn
by 2030, according to the state-run China Daily. It has already
attracted almost 7bn of corporate investment.

The project will be China's fifth "state-level development zone" and
the first in the country's rapidly developing interior, according to
state media reports. Others include Shanghai's Pudong and Tianjin's
Binhai, home to a half-built, 120-building replica of Manhattan.
China's state council, its highest administrative authority, approved
the Lanzhou project in August.

The first stage of the mountain-flattening initiative, which was
reported on Tuesday by the China Economic Weekly magazine, began in
late October and will eventually enable a new urban district almost 10
square miles in size northeast of downtown Lanzhou a small, but
important part of the Lanzhou Nnew area project to be built.

One of the country's largest private companies: the Nanjing-based
China Pacific Construction Group, headed by Yan Jiehe, is behind the
initiative. The 52-year-old former teacher is portrayed in China as a
sort of home-grown Donald Trump ultra-ambitious and preternaturally
gifted at navigating the country's vast network of "guanxi", or
personal connections."

And, even better, there's little likelihood of rain spoiling your
ride:-

"Liu Fuyuan, a former high-level official at the country's National
Development and Reform Commission, told China Economic Weekly that the
project was unsuitable because Lanzhou is frequently listed as among
China's most chronically water-scarce municipalities. "The most
important thing is to gather people in places where there is water,"
he said."

So, win-win (as the zoo-keeper named his panda).


Curiouser and curiouser.


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Old December 9th 12, 01:09 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Bertie Wooster[_2_]
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 03:15:42 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote:


"China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert.


[Snip]

They do some pretty odd things in China.

The delightful Costa Brava fishing port of Cadaques is being
replicated in Xiamen bay:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...ecreated-china
http://www.catalannewsagency.com/new...e-copied-china
http://www.emporda.info/economia/201...ina/82421.html
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Old December 9th 12, 01:21 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Dec 9, 12:09*pm, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 03:15:42 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote:



"China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert.


[Snip]

They do some pretty odd things in China.

The delightful Costa Brava fishing port of Cadaques is being
replicated in Xiamen bay:http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...de-in-xina/824...


Why don't the Chinese just buy the original?

"Wealthy Far East investors will be given the chance to purchase flats
at Battersea Power Station before buyers in London.

Apartments in the £8 billion riverside development go on sale in
Malaysia and Hong Kong in January before being offered to British
buyers in February.

The Malaysian developers behind the redevelopment of London’s most
famous industrial building said that an unspecified number of the 800
homes in the first phase will be “ring-fenced” for British owners.

But the decision is certain to anger critics who say the wave of
foreign buying in central London is a major factor in the capital’s
housing crisis.

The Malaysian consortium paid £400 million for the derelict former
generator and 39 acres of surrounding land in September, the fourth
owners since it stopped producing electricity in 1983.

A spokeswoman said the timing of the sales was driven by the desire of
the new owners to offer apartments in their own country first as well
as concerns that British buyers would not want to visit the site to
view a model in the middle of the winter." (ES 3/12/12)
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Old December 9th 12, 01:23 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Squashme
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On Dec 9, 11:24*am, JNugent wrote:
On 09/12/2012 11:15, Squashme wrote:











"China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert.


Lanzhou new area plan to begin with 'mountain-moving project', but
financial and environmental wisdom of project questioned.


A long, long time ago, an old Chinese peasant named Yu Gong decided to
move two inconveniently located mountains away from blocking the
entrance to his home. Legend has it he struggled terribly, but
ultimately succeeded. Hence the Chinese idiom "Yu Gong moves the
mountains." Where there's a will, there's a way. Now Chinese
developers are putting old Yu to shame.


In what is being billed as the largest "mountain-moving project" in
Chinese history, oneof China's biggest construction firms will spend
2.2bn to flatten 700 mountains levelling the area Lanzhou, allowing
developers to build a new metropolis on the outskirts of the north-
western city.


The Lanzhou New Area, 500 square miles (130,000 hectares) of land 50
miles from the city, which is the provincial capital of arid Gansu
province, could increase the region's gross domestic product to 27bn
by 2030, according to the state-run China Daily. It has already
attracted almost 7bn of corporate investment.


The project will be China's fifth "state-level development zone" and
the first in the country's rapidly developing interior, according to
state media reports. Others include Shanghai's Pudong and Tianjin's
Binhai, home to a half-built, 120-building replica of Manhattan.
China's state council, its highest administrative authority, approved
the Lanzhou project in August.


The first stage of the mountain-flattening initiative, which was
reported on Tuesday by the China Economic Weekly magazine, began in
late October and will eventually enable a new urban district almost 10
square miles in size northeast of downtown Lanzhou a small, but
important part of the Lanzhou Nnew area project to be built.


One of the country's largest private companies: the Nanjing-based
China Pacific Construction Group, headed by Yan Jiehe, is behind the
initiative. The 52-year-old former teacher is portrayed in China as a
sort of home-grown Donald Trump ultra-ambitious and preternaturally
gifted at navigating the country's vast network of "guanxi", or
personal connections."


And, even better, there's little likelihood of rain spoiling your
ride:-


"Liu Fuyuan, a former high-level official at the country's National
Development and Reform Commission, told China Economic Weekly that the
project was unsuitable because Lanzhou is frequently listed as among
China's most chronically water-scarce municipalities. "The most
important thing is to gather people in places where there is water,"
he said."


So, win-win (as the zoo-keeper named his panda).


Curiouser and curiouser.


Indeed. Sorry, should have added that it was from Guardian 6/12/12.
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Old December 9th 12, 03:01 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Bertie Wooster[_2_]
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 04:23:39 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote:

[snip]

So, win-win (as the zoo-keeper named his panda).


Curiouser and curiouser.


Indeed. Sorry, should have added that it was from Guardian 6/12/12.


Incredible - here is the video of the new town on YouKu:
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjg4NjEzMjIw.html

My first, and most recent, visit to Lanzhou was in 1995. It may be dry
and arid, right next to the Taklamakan Desert, but being on the Yellow
River there's no shortage of water as the Grauniad report suggests.
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Old December 9th 12, 03:32 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Squashme
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On Dec 9, 2:01*pm, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 04:23:39 -0800 (PST), Squashme
wrote:

[snip]

So, win-win (as the zoo-keeper named his panda).


Curiouser and curiouser.


Indeed. Sorry, should have added that it was from Guardian 6/12/12.


Incredible - here is the video of the new town on YouKu:http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjg4NjEzMjIw.html

My first, and most recent, visit to Lanzhou was in 1995. It may be dry
and arid, right next to the Taklamakan Desert, but being on the Yellow
River there's no shortage of water as the Grauniad report suggests.


Vehhh! Yellow!

"And she said, with a tear in her eye
"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow"
"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow""
(Zappa)

or, of course:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JacHyPaEwDc

or

http://www.ioncinema.com/old/images/...236_poster.jpg
 




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