In China’s rural west, embedded in the crumpled mountain range that rises up to the Tibetan plateau, is a small town called Baoxing. Here, daily life is dominated by the mining -industry. Rusty trucks bring in vast hunks of raw marble, freshly hewn from the surrounding mountains. Factories along the roadside cut them into -perfect worktop slabs destined for distant designer kitchens. A thick film of white dust coats everything, including the huge Baoxing River, which carries the dust off through a seemingly infinite series of hydro--electric dams towards the Yangtze.
在中國西部與青藏高原相連、綿延起伏的山脈之間，有一個名叫寶興的小縣城。采礦業主導著這里的日常生活。銹跡斑駁的大卡車運送著從剛剛從周圍山上開采出的體積龐大的天然大理石。路邊的加工廠將大理石切割成精美的臺面，最終這些臺面將用于遠方的名牌廚房。到處都覆蓋著一層厚厚的白色粉塵，包括寬闊的寶興河。這條河流帶著這些粉塵，穿越一個又一個水電大壩，最終匯入長江。
您已閱讀7%（747字），剩余93%（10428字）包含更多重要信息，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，并享受更多專屬服務。