“What requiem can be sung”, he asked, “for trees uprooted by army bulldozers?
Televised images showed bulldozers slowly clearing away mounds of mud and brush that blocked the roadway while rescue crews used shovels and hoes.
In Shanghai, one of the fastest growing megacities in the world, it's easy to get lost in the relentless percussion of jackhammers and pile drivers, bulldozers and building cranes.
It took three bulldozers a week to level off the site.
His plan to demolish the old Ottoman-era markets was stymied by UNESCO, the UN's cultural arm, just before the bulldozers moved in.
The bulldozers arrive in the dead of night. Score another win for the boundless authority of the state.
Scavengers work alongside bulldozers, eager to find goods buried deep in the mountain of rubbish.
As bulldozers wiped out wetland flora, Shanghai lost its natural barriers that can mitigate erosion and absorb the shock of storm surges, Yang explained.
Roads punched out of the wilderness by massive bulldozers.
