[WATCH] China's latest clifftop glass walkway

BBC Online

China has opened a glass walkway around Tianmen mountain at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan.

The 100-metre-long "Coiling Dragon Cliff" skywalk is part of the latest addition to China's craze for vertiginous tourist attractions.

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To assuage fears about safety, in June the park authorities deliberately cracked the glass then drove a car full of people over it. It was fine. Photo: AP

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And for good measure, they hit it with a sledgehammer. Photo: AP