Source: China – South China Morning PostA massive 144,200 yuan (US$21,500) fine meted out by the Shanghai authority to a retired man who trimmed his own tree has shocked China.The 73-year-old man, surnamed Li, was punished after he hired workers in January to trim a camphor laurel tree he bought two decades ago which he planted in the residential community he lives in.He was told by the authority he had violated greenery regulations by cropping the tree without obtaining the government’s approval and the cut was too drastic, CCTV…Read More