No country is hungrier for sand than China, where the damage caused by rampant illegal mining has been enormous
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskThe central authorities are trying to impose better order. Since 2000 they have declared various curbs on sand-dredging in the Yangzi river, where extensive mining has threatened embankments used to prevent potentially catastrophic floods. But restrictions have driven diggers elsewhere: many to the country’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang .
Last year the central government launched new campaigns against unauthorised mining, beginning in March with a crackdown along the Yangzi. This included seizing and scrapping hundreds of dredging boats and sand barges that had been operating illegally on the river. In July they declared a year-long nationwide war on, or “mine tyrants”, who extract other minerals. The names refer to the mafia-like control they exert over mining in their areas. Thousands of suspects have been arrested so far.
China’s property market has been hammered by pandemic-related lockdowns and state efforts to rein in developers’ debt. But theThis article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline"Down with the tyrants"
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