Roadkill on China's New Route to Progress

摘要

A pile of rusty pipes and other construction materials are all that remain of Lanzhou New Area's tram project in Gansu province. The tracks have been paved over, their mismatched lines scarring a six-lane road that ends at the edge of the planned city in central China. "The project is dead," says a guard, who gives only his surname, Le. President Xi Jinping's clampdown on debt had claimed another victim.