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Previously on "Three Gorges dam in China bursts - 400 million people drowned"
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2020-07-21 After Slamming Western Media "Hype", Chinese Officials Issue Highest Flood Alert As Three Gorges Dam Pushed To Limits
The Huaihe River Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources issued its highest flood alert Monday after the water level on the major river, located between the Yellow and the Yangtze Rivers, reached dangerous levels.
The water level at the Wangjiaba hydrological station on the Huaihe River reached 29.7 meters on Monday, well above the danger level of 27.5 meters.
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostYes if they were all standing an equal distance apart, like rows of apple trees in an orchard
But most people there are concentrated in large cities strung down the Yangtze river.
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
To drown 400 mln it would have to flood half of China.
But most people there are concentrated in large cities strung down the Yangtze river.
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The Global Times is essentially edited by the CCP's propaganda department. Media outlets in China are state controlled - told what they must not post but also what they must post.
I would not trust information propagated from any China media outlet.
Over there is crony corrupt capitalism with an unusual authoritarian structure that funnels cash to the political elite, mostly composed of old men. In the past I seen contract samples containing the correct, or even higher quality than expected, percentage of a component within the a sample and then first fulfillment of a contract. Over time analysis would show the factories lessening the quality, such as dilution of standard cement mix with more and more poor quality sand.
None of this story about the dam surprises me. Bridges have fallen down in remote areas, as the cut throat capitalism there encourages lessening quality as much as possible to make more of a profit, without considering the long term consequences. There is of course reputable engineering and building companies, but the contracts for large government infrastructure projects are awarded to political or corrupt officials who then subcontract to another party, who then subscontract to another party. This chain can be tens of companies long.
The large numbers of people required to evacuate, most likely all being very poor, is a tragedy in itself. The rural poor are often badly treated in China and haven't seen the gains that the inner cities have seen.
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