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New upheaval: 20,000 to relocate over landslide risk
(April 18, 2012) This week, China National Radio reported a total of nearly 100,000 people in the Three Gorges Dam reservoir region may face relocation over the next three to five years due to the...
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New wave of Three Gorges-sized dams raise old fears
(July 6, 2012) Experts fear a proposed dam cascade slated for the Jinsha River, a tributary of the upper Yangtze River, could spell disaster. Reports on dam construction in western China's seismic...
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Storm of conscience
(July 27, 2012) The force of a powerful storm that struck Beijing over the weekend has exposed massive flaws in the capital city's antiquated plumbing infrastructure. Chinese authorities in Beijing now...
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Hole lot of trouble
(August 16, 2012) The aftermath of a terrible storm that brought China's capital to a standstill in July, has left Beijing pockmarked by sinkholes. The city's ancient, leaking infrastructure and its...
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Mega-dams in China’s earthquake zones could have “disastrous consequences”
(October 31, 2012) "Earthquake Hazards and Large Dams in Western China," the Probe International report authored by geologist John Jackson, has set China's academic and industry circles astir. As the...
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Giant landslide likely caused by Xiluodu Dam impoundment, says Chinese geologist
(July 30, 2013) Fan Xiao, a Chinese geologist and chief engineer of the Regional Geological Survey Team of the Sichuan Geology and Mineral Bureau, says analysis of the recent landslide in Yunnan...
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