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China's capital, which already boasts 10 ski resorts, is to ban the construction of new ski slopes, golf courses and race tracks to save land for housing, state media said on Friday.
China's official Xinhua news agency recently lashed out at the proliferation of recreational facilities, saying their construction flew in the face of the realities of scarce land, tight resources and widespread poverty...
The rich middle class is expanding year by year fuelling demand for popular western sports such as golf and skiing. Chinese style rapid development has resulted in around 10 ski 'resorts' sprouting up in the area around Beijing since 1999. By international standards though, they are fairly underdeveloped with the most extensive boasting just 7km of pites.
The irony is that this may just be good for the Chinese ski industry long term. With a moratorium on new resorts, those that exist already may have the opportunity to consolidate and grow beyond simply servicing one of China's notorious passing fads.
Skiing in Beijing
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6903531,00.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Is there a land shortage in China?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rob@rar, and how many homes would they be likely to build on the upper slopes of mountains 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| davidof wrote: |
| It is not so much a land but a water shortage that is the problem. Beijing is very dry, albeit cold and a lot of the snow is artificial. |
Ahh, that makes sense.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Is there a land shortage in China? |
With the population of China? Yes. In some regions. Though Beijing isn't even close to being the worst.
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| It is not so much a land but a water shortage that is the problem. Beijing is very dry, albeit cold and a lot of the snow is artificial. |
While I'm inclined to agree with the water shortage being an issue. Land shortage is the excuse the goverment use to NOT allot more land for Golf course and ski resorts. Typical Goverment double talk?
And all that talk about poverty and such strikes me as someone is envious about the newly minted middle class taking up typical western hobbies.
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