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Ecological red lines

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15 provinces have drawn up “ecological red lines” (MEP). What that means: The government has demarcated areas where the environment must be preserved. It’s a big chunk of land (Xinhua):

“The zones demarcated by the red lines have a combined area of 610,000 square km, or about a quarter of...