CALL OF THE WILD

旷野的召唤：户外运动风潮在崛起

Outdoor sports, seen as a cheap and flexible form of recreation, are rapidly gaining fans among China's middle class. Deadly hiking and trail-running incidents, though, have pitted regulators and the public in a debate over the limits of outdoor fun. Meanwhile, China's fledgling national park system struggles to balance ecological aims with the livelihoods of locals in protected areas, and villagers are getting fed up with mountains of trash from urban outdoor-lovers.