TMT construction begins Monday 15 July

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 In addition, where would China build its telescope? It's not as if China is renowned for great observing sites, and the site itself is super important. You can build the largest telescope in the world, put it in the wrong place, and it ends up as a useless piece of junk. Russia/USSR discovered this years ago.

What do you think about this proposed location?   Quoted from the story:   KK

"Kirshner’s best sources have been Chinese-speaking peers who informally confirmed the development of a telescope site in the Tibetan Plateau, in China’s southwest."