
I really don't know how they keep funding this amazing work, but I sure hope they don't stop.
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What, the Boston Globe funds Xinhua? Who knew?
Here are some more pictures of the same event back in July:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/jul/21/three-gorges-dam
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/china_09_24/c25_24363529.jpg
perhaps more significant; laying straw on sand dunes is not going to work to stop them moving.
one suspects an honest broker must be giving their government advice, as they appear to be doing things that give the appearance of taking responsive action without incurring any actual cost.
The landslide pictures are also astonishing. Seems they're doing all the same stupid things we did fifty to a hundred years ago in the first rush of overconfident industrialization.
http://www.magnuslarsson.com/architecture/dune.asp
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