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Chinese provinces fall into line on super tall buildings ban, even when they have no plans to build any
A province in northeast China is the latest to fall into line with a central government directive to curb the country’s craze for super tall buildings.Heilongjiang, where the tallest building is the 270-metre (886ft) Tower 1 of the R&F Centre in Harbin, has vowed not to allow the construction of buildings taller than 500 metres – not that any were planned in the province.It also echoed other measures in the central government directive issued in April, saying it would strictly control the…