Environmental and security concerns are on an all-time high as China proposes to build a highway to Mt Everest for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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The project aims to turn a 108-km rough road linking Tingri County of Xigaze Prefecture at the foot of the world's tallest mountain to the Base Camp into a blacktop highway fenced by undulating guardrails.
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