The coastal wetlands on the Linhong estuary, by the Yellow Sea in Lianyungang municipality, provide an important feeding ground and stopover for waterbirds migrating between East Asia and Australia. But in 2021, an “environmental restoration” project put the mudflats at risk of erosion and destruction. They were to be turned into an artificial beach, in order to create a “Blue Bay”. In response, the environmental group Friends of Nature filed a public interest lawsuit at Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court, against both the project developer and the outfit responsible for the environmental impact assessment report. (Source: China Dialogue)