(0520 CR M01)ILLEGAL GOLF COURSES

(0520 CR M01)ILLEGAL GOLF COURSES DATELINE: May 20, 2011 LENGTH: 0:02:50 PKG INTRO Golf -- a luxury sport played by China's new rich, is becoming more and more popular in the country. However, along with the boom in the business, have come a large number of golf courses built in violation of the law. China Report has the story. PKG One country club under the spotlight lies near a famed world heritage site - the Stone Forest karst field in Yunnan's Shilin Yi Autonomous County. The club has been accused of illegally renting a large area of land to build new golf courses. The club covers an area of more than 4,000 hectares and has three golf courses near the famed world heritage site. The karst landscape is a popular tourist attraction in the area. All of the golf courses were built after the central government imposed a ban on the construction of new golf courses seven years ago to protect the country's shrinking land resources. Illegal courses, such as the one in Shilin, h Powered by www.newslook.com

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