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The greening of a mountain — with paint

SHANGHAI: Villagers in southwestern China are scratching their heads over the county government's decision to paint an entire barren mountainside green.

Workers spraying Laoshou mountain told villagers they were doing so on orders of the government but were not told why. Some villagers guessed officials of the Fumin county, whose office faces the mountain, were trying to change the area's feng shui.

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