Topic: China to flatten 700 mountains

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/12/08/china-to-flatten-700-moun...

I hope someone can put words into my mouth because I am speechless.

My avatar explains how I feel about this, not because I downright think its stupid but it's just... What?

Well they're going to need one giant hammer.

♫ Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land ♫

-"Rocky Mountain High", John Denver

Best part of that article:

“Lanzhou’s environment is already really poor, it’s all desolate mountains which are extremely short of water,” a spokesperson told the Guardian via email. “Our protective style of development will divert water to the area, achieve reforestation and make things better than before.”

Sure it will.

Have they actually run out of space to buid cities?! I know they have alot of people but they must be getting kind of despaerate to need to do this. But then agian it doesn't cost very much accroding to our own government. (the U.S that is)

Those mountains had it coming. People just couldn't take their high and mighty attitude any longer.

They're going to need bowsers airship with the giant hand thing from NSMBU

Hey @WesCash, I think you meant high and mighty altitude! However, I do think it's a shame that the Chinese take the mountains for granite. (boos, hisses, laughs, sneezes)

Aha well played! You are a true master of the pun.

Get Regigigas! If he can move continents, then mountains should be a breeze!

Someday, I'm a little ashamed of being Chinese.

on others, I get to step on mountains! stomp stomp stomp

Sounds ambitious. Good luck with that, China.

I think China and japan should help each other out. If China captures Godzilla, they can use him to move mountains.

3 nukes should do the trick.

on a more serious note, this probably isn't as dumb as it sounds. A lot of China's arable land is rice pasture (and they're sure as anything not flattening that). The rest is either the Gobi desert or mountainous regions. Overcrowding is now a pretty big problem, especially since the business district of China is all in either Beijing or Shanghai. In Beijing, which traffic jams can last for days and housing space is really tiny (my grandparents squeeze 5-6 people into their two bedroom apartment, and they're considerably well off), news of a good new city might just be lifechanging.

hopefully.

You don't normally build a city because you want to, you build a city because you have to due to overpopulation.

Those insane barstewards.

They should do like Mexico and build the city on the mountains~

How dare you use logic. >:[

I for one hope the mountains win >:3