This from Jassy May:

Record floods testing the Chinese "TVA system" of dams and other "interesting times" in China.

Three Gorges Dam Braces for More Flooding; China Bank Collapse Rumors Spark Bank Runs

Tim observes:

China is falling on hard times, it seems. I think their chickens are coming home to roost. I've always thought they were more a potemkin village than a real superpower.

Jassy replies:

Gordon Chang has been predicting China's collapse for many years. However the scary situation with these dams is the macro systems engineering and the engineering design of individual dams is being questioned by reputable civil engineers. There are satellite images circulating of Three Gorges Dam appearing warped. I have also seen reports that 400 mm people live along the total flood plain so a catastrophic collapse could greatly cripple the whole nation.

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