Climate change, tourism threatening mountains
By Jin Zhu in Beijing and Guo Anfei in Kunming | China Daily | Updated: 2012-10-09 08:06
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The top half of the Yulong Snow Mountain basks in the sun as visitors use telescopes to view the southernmost snow-capped mountain in the Northern Hemisphere, in Yunnan province on March 12. Lin Yiguang / Xinhua |
A combination of climate change and booming tourism could cause famous mountain spots in Southwest China's Yunnan province to lose their snow, authorities and experts have warned.
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