In China, an underground luxury hotel | SmartPlanet

In China, an underground luxury hotel | SmartPlanet:

Wow. Don’t know if we should be happy or sad about this resort project.

Kind of makes you wonder how and why this massive hole in the ground was constructed as a by product of the need for resources?

Good. This should start to make miners think hard about the use of the land when done. The open-pit mines for ore and oil and coal might start to design their end-game for the land as they dig and truck.

So, is this a resort that you wanna go visit? That’s the Billion Yuan question?

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