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that OP video does.
Says the Dam is constructed of concrete blocks that "sit" on bedrock, not "secured" to the bedrock.
The video cites reports from post build inspections by independent engineers. It also states that the process was all done by a single company so it's inherently flawed from the start.Ok, fair enough.
I’ve been in Japan during the rainy season (mostly of one at that) - I thought being from NO I knew about rainAnother article I read seemed a bit alarmist, but went into the damage to food supply world wide. 400 million displaced people and Chinese crops are being destroyed by the weather there.
Not a very good scenario.
Things getting very 2020 for China now.
Hope that sucker holds but those pictures don't look too good. Not sure I believe em when they say it's because of satellite imagery distortions.
China blows up dam on Yangtze river tributary to ease flooding
Explosives used to destroy Chu river dam in central Anhui province in bid to bring water levels downwww.theguardian.com
The quest to catch up with the west, of course. It helps that communist countries have a high level of autonomy when it comes to governance, it's not like the leaders are going to be voted out of officeChina went through such rapid expansion that this kind of thing is bound to happen, no?
Not sure why we need to keep learning the lessons of accelerated industrial growth
I would not be super happy to b downstream of that