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Mimi Lau

Cracks have appeared on a U-shaped glass-bottomed skywalk built around a mountain cliff in China, sending tourists fleeing off the structure, Chinese media reported.
Internet users posted pictures online showing cracks on the reinforced glass flooring, which is suspended more than 1,000 metres above sea level, around a cliff on Yuntai Mountain in Henan province, the Legal Evening News reported.
WATCH: People tour the glass skywalk around China's Yuntai Mountain

The photos sparked an outcry, with internet users alleging that inferior construction material had been used to build the skywalk, which opened to public only about two weeks ago.
Officials said the cracks were caused by tourists who had dropped a thermos flask on the glass.
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Smashing view! Tourists flee as glass-bottomed skywalk in China cracks

The cracks were reportedly caused by tourists who had dropped a thermos flask on the reinforced glass flooring. Photo: SCMP Picutres

It looks smashing! Terrifying glass-bottomed bridge in China with stomach-churning views ... of the ground

‘Don’t look down!’: ‘World’s highest glass-bottomed bridge’ to open in China

Tourists gone wild: China’s unruly hordes make headlines over 'golden week' holiday – but this time back at home

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Workers at the Shiniuzhai National Geopark in Pingjiang county, Hunan province have been putting the finishing touches to a new bridge, by laying down its glass floor. Photo: CNS

Park management authorities added a small section of glass last year but decided to transform the entire length of the crossing. Photo: CNS

A group of 21 workers have built the bridge, apparently earning just 400 yuan a day, (HK$486) according to the Global Times in April. Photo: CNS 

The 300 metre-long suspended bridge spans a chasm at the national park and walkers will see clear views to the ground 180 metres below.


He Huifeng

An artist's impression of the bridge at Zhangjiajie. Photo: SCMP Pictures

What is claimed to be the world’s highest and longest bridge with a glass-bottomed walkway is due to open in central China in July, according to state media.


A photo of Chinese tourists posing disrespectfully with statues of firefighters who had lost their lives in an industrial park fire in Zhejiang, sparked anger online. Photo: SCMP Picture

On the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, Hubei, a visitor pens a poem, signing off cheekily as "Deng Xiaoping". Photo: SCMP Pictures

Yet others left messages for their loved ones on the Yangtze River Bridge. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese tourists