City halts red theme park plan

$300m project 'not feasible', say officials in Chongqing

BEIJING - Southwest China's Chongqing municipality halted on Thursday a plan to build a Red Classic Theme Park that has sparked heated debate.

The park, which was planned to occupy more than 128 hectares in the city's Nanchuan district, would take the shape of China and display sculptures of the predecessors of the Communist Party of China, imitations of former leaders' homes and landmarks in China's red culture and its revolutionary history, according to the Chongqing Red Classic Investment Co Ltd, the main investor of the project.