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Dams On China’s Yellow River Near Collapse

From AFP:Several dams on China’s mighty Yellow River are close to collapse just a few years after they were built amid concerns that over 40 percent of the nation’s reservoirs are unsafe, state media has said. Shoddy construction, unqualified workers and embezzlement of funds are threatening dams’ safety in the northwestern province of Gansu, the official China Daily said —