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2005-10-05 China-Japan-Koreas

Xinhua: declassified after 30 years - a massive series of dam bursts

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Posted by 3dc 2005-10-05 01:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Surprise, surprise. The Chinese have got a million and one little secrets like this one. The latest was that owners of mines involved in fatal accidents were actually local Party officials who had used their positions to prevent safety inspections.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-10-05 02:17|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-10-05 02:17|| Front Page Top

#2 We'll be back.

Posted by Fly Ash Liberation Army 2005-10-05 07:27|| 2005-10-05 07:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Truth and free trade go hand in hand. Better prepare for it and the demand for free information if you continue this route China, or your government will fall.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-10-05 07:41|| 2005-10-05 07:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Accident like this, in the middle of the carnage caused by Mao's Great Leap forward are insignificant statistics. Sad, and amazing in light of the three-rivers dam.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-10-05 09:45|| 2005-10-05 09:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think this was a secret, at least not in its general outline, at least not to the international community. I seem to remember this incident being mentioned prominently in a number of articles and critiques on the construction of the Three Rivers Gorge Dam back in the 90s.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2005-10-05 10:50|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-10-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

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