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China says troops rush to plug dangerous cracks in dam
May 14, 2008
Over 2000 Chinese soldiers are involved in the repair efforts to prevent a dam collapse that would swamp the nearby city of Duijiangyan, endangering its 600,000 residents.
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China's deadly quake: Is the Three Gorges dam to blame?
May 14, 2008
Though the deadly Wenchuan earthquake was the result of tectonic stresses, experts are concerned that the filling of the Three Gorges dam's enormous reservoir may have induced or exacerbated the earthquake.
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Chinese dams compromised by earthquake; authorities on alert
May 14, 2008
In the wake of China's massive earthquake, and amidst the desperate recovery effort, Chinese authorities have still more to worry about as damage to existing dams becomes evident.
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The Nu River is one of only two
major rivers in China that have not been dammed. (The other
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