China: Bean-Dregs Boat · Global Voices

China: Bean-Dregs Boat

Posted 12 October 2011 3:05 GMT

One of the poorest city in western China, Lanzhou city, spent RMB 17 million on building a luxury boat which sank on its launch day in the Yellow River. (ChinaSMACK has translated the story and netizens’ reactions)

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Written byOiwan Lam

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