China's Ancient Forests Risked

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China's sinkholes: Tourist boom threatens ancient forests

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Two-thirds of the world's more than 300 sinkholes are in China , scattered throughout the country’s west.

With 30 known tiankeng, Guangxi province in the south has more of them than anywhere else.

Sinkholes are rare because of the abundance of limestone in China - and Guangxi particularly.

Videos of Guangxi sinkholes have gone viral on social media.

Videos are a source of much-needed revenue in a province that was only recently lifted out of poverty.

There is little farmland in Guangxi ’s unusual but stunning terrain, and its mountainous borders make trade with the rest of China and neighbouring Vietnam difficult.

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