Despite ban, golf courses proliferate

BEIJING - Golf, considered to be a luxury sport played by China's new rich, is becoming more and more popular throughout the country.

And along with the boom in the business has come a large number of golf courses built in violation of the law.

One country club brought into question lies adjacent to the Stone Forest world heritage site in the Shilin Yi autonomous county, in Southwest China's Yunnan province. China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Saturday that the club has been accused of illegally using a large area of land for the construction of golf courses.