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Another death-defying glass walkway for China

Aug 20, 2019

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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park one of the many mountainous regions that will feature a glass walkway in China.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park one of the many mountainous regions that will feature a glass walkway in China. <span class="media-attribution">Image by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vlovgr/12078330614/in/photolist-jpjATy-7STjbm-7SQ2ZZ-N...

Megan Eaves

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London

Megan Eaves is a travel author, consultant and advocate for sustainable travel and dark skies. She formerly served as Lonely Planet's North and Central Asia Destination Editor. Her writing appears in The Independent, BBC, CNN, Culture Trip, South China Morning Post, TimeOut, Travel Weekly, Horizon Guides and numerous others. She has written Lonely Planet guidebooks to China, South Korea and Tibet and edited dozens more, as well as DK guides to China, Shanghai and Beijing. Her other beats in…
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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park one of the many mountainous regions that will feature a glass walkway in China. <span class="media-attribution">Image by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vlovgr/12078330614/in/photolist-jpjATy-7STjbm-7SQ2ZZ-N...

China has gained another terrifying glass walkway, this time around a cliffside in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in Hunan province. The newest in a spate of recent glass walkways being built around the country is unique in that it plays musical notes as visitors walk along it. The 180-metre-long, 300-metre-high walkway is fitted with electron components that play musical notes as visitors step on the glass. This comes as a new glass bridge was unveiled in Zhangjiajie earlier this week, while a glass cantilever platform opened near Chongqing last month. Read more: chinadaily.com.cn

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