Wednesday, November 14, 2007

As China's mega dam rises, so do strains and fear - Yahoo! News

As China's mega dam rises, so do strains and fear - Yahoo! News:
"While authorities have vowed to contain geological aftershocks from the dam, poor farmers worry about being swallowed up by landslides. The resulting tensions threaten to rekindle the bitter clashes that long dogged the project. 'Sometimes the ground rumbles and shakes, dogs bark, babies cry. It frightens us too,' said Xiang's neighbor, Su Gongxiang, showing his front door that will no longer shut."

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