[sustran] Re: China building highway up Everest

[rene wang]

I am writing here to correct you the name of Mt. Everest should be Mt.
Qomolangma, there is a long story behind the names, but we should use its
origin name Qomolangma to repect the culture.

As a Beijing native, really feel sad about this news....once this project
starts, it can not be reversed...



On 6/19/07, Lloyd Wright <lwright at vivacities.org> wrote:
>
>  A really bad idea...
>
>
> http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/06/19/china.highway.ap/index.html
> * China to build highway up Everest POSTED: 1332 GMT (2132 HKT), June 19,
> 2007
> *
>
> *BEIJING, China* (AP) -- China will build a $20 million blacktop highway
> on Mount Everest as part of the route for the Olympic torch relay, state
> media reported Tuesday.
>
> Xinhua News Agency said the construction would turn a rough, 67-mile road
> stretching from the foot of the mountain to a base camp at 17,060 feet, into
> a paved "highway fenced by undulating guardrails."
>
> Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain, is 29,035 feet tall.
>
> It said construction would start next week and would take about four
> months, and the new highway would become a major route for tourists and
> mountaineers.
>
> In April, organizers for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics announced
> ambitious plans for the longest torch relay in Olympic history -- an
> 85,000-mile, 130-day route that would cross five continents and scale Mount
> Everest.
>
> Taking the Olympic torch to the top of the mountain, seen by some as a way
> for Beijing to underscore its claims to Tibet, is expected to be one of the
> relay's highlights.
>
> China says it has ruled Tibet for centuries, although many Tibetans say
> their homeland was essentially an independent state for most of that time.
> Chinese communist troops occupied Tibet in 1951 and Beijing continues to
> rule the region with a heavy hand.
>
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