Turmoil in China

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(The callous disregard of the brutal Chinese Communist Party for the people of China continues unabated.
I had not been following the news from China much until recently when the spotlight began to focus on the 3 Gorges dam, which appears to be in danger of imminent collapse. More on that starting here: https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...=1#post1362704
But the reports of how the government is forcing people out of their homes in order to create new, more profitable developments is just as shocking in its own way as predictions of the massive damage the dam's collapse will bring.
Footage in this video of police in riot gear suddenly appearing in droves, tear gassing residents who were given next to no warning their homes would immediately be demolished.
Apparently that has been a common practice in poor communities, but now it is happening in more well-to-do communities as well.
If the collapse of the 3 Gorges would mean the end of the CCP's rule in China, probably even the Chinese people would welcome it, if there is no other way to oust the psychopaths.)

"China issues more flood warnings; Summer snow hits Xinjiang; Forced sterilization on China's Uyghurs
Beijing passed its national security law for Hong Kong, setting the stage for radical changes. According to the complete draft, the new law doesn’t just affect Hong Kong residents.
Hundreds of middle-class Beijing residents try to stop police from tearing down their homes. One expert says the move is an unusual one, as forced demolitions usually target those at the bottom of society.
The US is making a series of moves in the Indo-Pacific suggesting America might be taking real action to counter China’s coercive behaviors in the region and defend its allies.
In a strong move targeting China in the online space, India bans nearly 60 Chinese mobile apps. This is just the beginning of the anti-China sentiment in India.
And a new found strain of swine flu proving infectious to humans. A study says the strain has a potential pandemic threat, but experts warn not to overreact. "

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k-GW-RIRotI

Floods Destroy Ming Dynasty Bridge; CCP Officials Told to Prepare for Global Crisis
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(Thirty five more days of rain predicted for China in this video.)

"CCP officials are told to prepare for global crisis—including tensions with the United States, food shortages, currency wars, and others—and are being told to prepare “countermeasures”

Zhou Li, the former deputy minister of the CCP’s Central Liaison Department, tied to its political warfare programs, recently issued an article in China Social Science News stating “The Party Central Committee demands that our leading cadres at all levels ‘should adhere to the bottom line thinking and make a long-term ideological preparation and work preparation for responding to changes in the external environment."’

And a 400-year-old bridge was destroyed by the floods in Shanxi Town in Anhui, China, which had been built during the Ming Dynasty. The destruction of the second largest stone arch bridge in the region was one of the latest scenes in the ongoing floods in 26 provinces and cities in China. And in HuangShan, AnHui, JingdeZhen, ShangRao, Yichang, Changyang, and other parts of China the heavy rains continue to collapse roads and destroy homes.

These stories and more in this episode of Crossroads."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H4GRMgoSBbk

More here: https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...=1#post1365063

And China might be facing it's 'Lehman Brothers' moment...

Gold Scam has begun a chain-reaction that China can’t control. Its biggest shadow bank collapses (5:42)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=T1gx_HEbBvY

3 Gorges Dam lastest Update! Does the United States dip their hands?
•Premiered Jul 6, 2020
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(CCP's new "national security laws" threatening backlash against criticism of the CCP, including coming from outside, even to extraditing critics from other countries.
Hostile new restrictions and retaliations against Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, India, and in the case of the US particularly, press outlets based in China.
The new law declares they have the right to prosecute retroactively, and punish with life imprisonment.
One insider businessman from Hong Kong says the CCP is barbaric, made up of gangsters, and predicts huge international backlash. )

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JU1Rn-24344

3 Gorges Dam: Collapse Simulation done by China Authorities (11:33)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2qnJEGMj9p8

9,000 People Evacuated In Jianxi, China; Financial Troubles For Chinese Military Company?
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Crossroads with JOSHUA PHILIPP
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07/09/2020

"In Jiangxi Province, close to 9,000 villagers were evacuated when a dike broke. The break was about 164 feet long. Close to 2,471 acres of farmland are affected.

In Guangzhou Province, people were also evacuated after the Fengdongling mountain started to crack; and in Sichuan Province close to 7,100 people were evacuated after the Guanghan Jinyan Fireworks factory exploded.

And a Chinese military-linked company has defaulted on 2 billion RMB ($285 million) in bonds, raising questions about the real state of the Chinese economy.

These stories and more in this episode of Crossroads.1. In Guizhou Province, villages were partially buried by a large landslide from the TongRedn mountain.
2. In JianXi Province, meanwhile, close to 9,000 villagers were evacuated when a dike broke.
3. The Chinese regime, meanwhile, has acknowledged a similar disaster at the Hangzhou reservoir, where water discharge has impacted close to 300,000 people and submerged 12 villages.
4. The Three Gorges Dam, waters are still being discharged non-stop.
5. A fireworks factory in Sichuan Province exploded. 7,100 people were evacuated.
6. Hong Kong to potentially lockdown once again.
7. Trump Administration Launches ‘Operation Legend.’
8. FBI Director Christopher Wray warns about threats of the CCP
9. A Chinese military-linked company has defaulted on 2 billion RMB ($285 million) in bonds, raising questions about the real state of the Chinese economy.
10. WHO acknowledges possibility virus is airborne
11. Sunday Times is reporting that a virus similar to the CCP Virus was sent to Wuhan in 2013."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8yEhSRlSN5g

On the topic of the "3 Gorges Dam", when I first noticed this development back on 23 June, I immediately thought of the 1998 Maori prophecy posted on Stan Deyo's site.

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She said that there would be an event that was unrelated; but when this event happened, it would be a trigger for many major earth changes.... Again, this was to be in China; and it's a subject I know nothing about; so, please bear with me on this one. She said there was this "channel" there in China that they'd been working on for many years; and it was not yet complete. She said work had stopped on it for various reasons; then she told me that up above this "channel", there were 1000's of logs or timber that were perched at the top of this "channel"... Furthermore, over time, some had been stolen; but most were still there (she didn't say what they were to be used for, so it's a bit confusing for me). She said that soon these logs would come crashing down killing 1000's; and, when this happened, it would be a sign for her people that these Earth changes were about to happen with great intensity.

Does any of this make sense to you? Do you know of any such "channel" being built by the chinese? She said it had been started many years ago but never completed.

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Yes, the Maori Elder was aiming the message at me. The Chinese connection is a signal to me as well. I saw the doco on TV; and I know what she is talking about... It is the Three Gorges Dam Project in China which is to dam the Yangtze River. It will consume over 130,000 acres and stretch some 400 miles along the Yangtze. The trees are being cut and have been stockpiled for later uses including dikes.... The Green group, the US Gov't ... the World Bank - ALL have tried to stop this project as an environmental nightmare.... It has displaced 2 million Chinese from their homes...

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When I consider "prophecy", I do not consider it written in stone, but rather as signals sent from outside time and space.
I kept this one tucked in the side pocket of my mind, should it ever become relevant in the future, just in case.

3 Gorges Dam] Shocking Situation from Dam expert in china
634 views•Jun 30, 2020

(This video has a lot of information I've not seen before, including a detailed description of what will likely happen inf the dam collapses, including damage to many nuclear power plants, therefore release of radioactive water not only to China but to Korea and further as well. It would be on the scale of a global disaster.)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-05Elobup_M

Many dams discharged, Severe Flood Hit Southeast China | Three gorges dam | China flood | Hubei
60,820 views•Jul 9, 2020
China Observer - Vision Times
6.05K subscribers

"Wuhan city, known to the world as epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, is now suffering from ravages of flooding. Since June 8, Wuhan has had seven rounds of heavy precipitation. From July 4 to 6, the city suffered from continuous heavy rainfall, and a part of the city recorded over 420 mm of precipitation, marking the highest record of precipitation in Wuhan in a single day.

The upstream of the Yangtze River, including the Three Gorges Dam area and the Dongting Lake system, are also affected by heavy rainfall. According to Mainland China Media, the first flood peak reached the Three Gorges Reservoir at 10:00 on July 2 and the flood’s inflow rate was as high as 50,000 cubic meters per second.

On July 2, 2020, the Yangtze River No. 1 flood reached the Three Gorges reservoir area and the Three Gorges Dam opened 3 holes for flood relief. At 2:00 p.m. that day, the water level in the Three Gorges reservoir was 146.97 meters, the incoming flow was 53,000 cubic meters per second and the outgoing flow was 35,500 cubic meters per second.

In the evening of July 4, the water level in the Three Gorges reservoir had risen to 149.6 metres, which was 4.6 metres above the alert level. The water level in the Wuhan section of the Yangtze River reached 27.30 metre, exceeding the alert level as well. Wuhan's Hankou Riverbank Park was completely submerged under water about 2 meters deep.

The hardest-hit area, Hubei province, has already suffered six rounds of heavy rainfall since the start of the rainy season in early June. According to Chinese media, the cumulative average rainfall in Hubei Province was 363.9 millimeters until recently, which is higher than the average rainfall of previous years by 45%. The water levels in the province's five major lakes and 1,081 reservoirs all exceeded the flood control level.

According to Hubei Daily’s Sina blog, July 9 around 9 am, in Hu Bei province, the Vertical dyke of Yang xin fu river burst, the break length has reached 40 meters, causing economic losses of about 120 million RMB.

Not only does the Yangtze River basin suffer from massive floods, East China's largest Xin'an River Reservoir on Qian tang River has now exceeded the flood control limit as well. On July 8, the provincial government said that 7 floodgates on the dam had been opened to prevent dam rupture, however, the remaining 2 gates may also required to be opened in order to ease the pressure on the dam. Previously, there had never been a need to open all of the gates, so people are now worried about if this will affect the structure of the dam and cause further problems.


The famous Huangshan area in Anhui province was partially closed on July 6 due to severe road damage by the flood. According to a shop owner in the area, the flood was caused by a dam collapse at midnight on July 5 . An express highway to Huangshan was cut off by mudflow and flash floods, leaving a gap of seven to eight meters wide. The Tunxi Zhenhai Bridge, an important cultural relic built more than 400 years ago, was also destroyed by flooding.

Dr.Wang Weiluo, a renowned Chinese hydraulic expert who now lives in Germany, participated in the Territorial area planning of the Three Gorges Dam from 1980 to 1985. In his opinion, when the water level at the dam was 145 meters, parts of the Chongqing city was already submerged at 164 meters, and the city issued a Red or Orange Flood Alert. Therefore when the water level in the dam reaches its maximum level of 175 meters, the water level in Chongqing may be as high as 210 meters.

Chinese officials are now facing a pressing dilemma. In order to protect the safety of the upstream cities, the Three Gorges dam would need to be discharged, but that would call for the sacrifice of the downstream cities. Flooding in more than a dozen provinces downstream of the Yangtze is already severe, and the discharge of the Three Gorges Dam will likely exacerbate the situation. However, if the dam is not discharged, the questionable construction and engineering qualities of the dam and the accumulated environmental problems in the Three Gorges area could lead to major problems with the dam itself, including risks of collapse. A week ago, mainland authorities were secretly discharging the Three Gorges dam, which caused Yichang city, located downstream of the dam, to be rapidly flooded and local citizens were caught unprepared. Now, the Chinese government has finally openly announced that it had started to release floodwaters for the first time this year and a new wave of flooding is heading toward the Three Gorges catchment area."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zQZlu8FcBDs

Dam Makes Flood Waters 25X Stronger, Expert Says
China's tallest building flooded from 60th to 9th floor
649,100 views•Premiered Jul 10, 2020
China in Focus - NTD
496K subscribers

"Rain' and 'waterfalls spotted inside China’s tallest building. Videos surfaced online showing water pouring down from leaking ceilings, soaking floors and offices.

A new whistleblower steps forward at great personal risk. She says the Chinese regime knew about the virus long before telling the world.

It’s been over a week since China’s Three Gorges Dam started to release flood water. An expert says the water’s speed is 25 times more powerful, and potentially damaging, than a natural flood.

Chinese authorities took action to slow down the country's stock market. It comes after a weeklong boom that fueled worries of a new bubble.

And, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp will have its primary election this weekend. Though Beijing’s law has sent a chill through the city, one candidate says Hong Kongers are not giving up the fight. "

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iQBHGk84V5Y

6 quakes hit China in 2 days; Three Gorges Dam hit its limit: experts; China lake looks set to spill
640,221 views•Premiered Jul 13, 2020
China in Focus - NTD
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"China’s biggest freshwater lake looks set for unprecedented flooding. Areas around the lake are already among the worst hit in recent weeks, and residents are fearing the worst.

China raised its flood response alert to the second highest level over the weekend. This, as heavy rain soaked regions along the Yangtze river.

Flooding is getting worse in some areas near China's famous Three Gorges Dam - the largest hydropower project in the world. Experts have warned that the dam is on the brink of collapse.

But it’s not just floods battering the country. Now, earthquakes are shaking some regions, too. Six quakes struck within two days, one even reaching a magnitude 5.1.

A video circulating on Chinese social media is causing concern over the country's food security. It alleges a grainery of a major state-run grain stockpiler is full of moldy, poor-quality corn.

And an exclusive. A former Chinese web-censor exposes the inside story of the Chinese regime’s infiltration into the free world. He takes us behind the scenes of censorship at social media giant TikTok.


Watch more:
Manipulating America: The Chinese Communist Playbook https://bit.ly/2NfcjHN
The Pandemic’s Wall Street Connection: https://bit.ly/2SRDeNd
Tracking Down the Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus: https://bit.ly/3dCWHsM
Virus follows communist China ties: https://bit.ly/2UsNVWc
Giving the right name to the virus causing a global pandemic: https://bit.ly/2wzV3IB
Undercover video reveals new evidence on forced organ harvesting in China: https://bit.ly/2wBE7RR
Full movie: ‘Claws of the Red Dragon’ exposes connection between Huawei and Chinese Communist Party: https://bit.ly/2wW1R3C "

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JyM8yY-lou8

Whereabouts of Chinese Top Leaders Unknown; Residents Trapped By the Floodwaters for 72 hrs
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Crossroads with JOSHUA PHILIPP
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The whereabouts of top CCP officials are still unknown — continuing a trend that started just ahead of news about the new virus outbreaks in Beijing and new lockdown measures.

"As this takes place, a large number of Chinese military vehicles were shown in videos on July 14 parked along the roadside in Wuhan, the epicenter of the new coronavirus, which has also now been hit by severe floods.

And the floods are also continuing, and the situation for the Chinese people is growing worse. In Jiangxi Province, the capital city, Nanchang City, was hit by massive floods. And in the surrounding counties, residents in towns and villages have been trapped by the floodwaters for close to 72 hours. Traffic and communications have been cut off.

These stories and more in this episode of Crossroads."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=d3tbZiJj6O0

THREE GORGES DAM COLLAPSE - FAILED DAMS UPSTREAM OF 3GD
10,393 views•Jul 15, 2020

(THIS INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY KNOWLEDGEABLE, AND HE SAYS THE INFO ABOUT NUCLEAR PLANTS IN THE PATH OF THE 3GD IF IT COLLAPSES IS FAKE NEWS. WHICH IS CERTAINLY A RELIEF! THERE IS ONE IN SHANGHAI THOUGH, WHICH COULD BECOME THE NEXT FUKUSHIMA...SEE PART 6 BELOW. HE GOES ON TO EXPLAIN WHY THE CCP'S DECISION TO BUILD DAMS DESIGNED TO GENERATE POWER BUT NOT TO CONTAIN FLOODING WAS A VERY BAD IDEA. I EXPECT HE WILL BE A SOURCE TO KEEP AN EYE ON.)
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This video is research I have found relating to the dams upstream of the three gorges, they are not built for flood prevention, only built to generate power, there are also no dams along the Yangtze River. Ticking time bomb.

Here you can find all the free videos relating to the three gorges dam collapse
Part 1 - https://youtu.be/5QdAqw0sYFY - This talks about the geopolitical and socioeconomic results of a dam break.
Part 2 - https://youtu.be/0ivcJSucYbk - Talks about the facts and history regarding the dam and China.
Part 3 - https://youtu.be/VkV00P-f5Wc - 1st BONUS video, Breakdown of Physics and devastation of 3GD collapse.
Part 4- https://youtu.be/t6L6c0NNzBo - 2nd BONUS video, breakdown of information into three gorges dam.
Part 5 - https://youtu.be/rSwQDemQBr4 - Talks about the earthquake affecting the Yangtze River.
Part 6 - https://youtu.be/gh5D0y_vy8s - Discusses the potential of a nuclear fallout if the dam collapse.
Part 7 - youtube.com/watch?v=X0YcyW43H0o - Talks about physics.
Part 8 - https://youtu.be/8-sUqS70OXg - Talks about meteorology and the construction of the Dam.
Part 9 - youtube.com/watch?v=8-sUqS70OXg - a timeline of events is discussed.
Part 10 - https://youtu.be/etFmxmwmxNk - talks about the dam collapsing as a second wave of Covid 19 hits China."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nELmf3ZxbCo

3GD FAIL--WILL LEAD TO NUCLEAR FALLOUT???
807 views•Jul 3, 2020

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( Here's the report mentioned above, Part 6)

"This video discusses the potential of a Fukushima part 2, and outlines the location of china’s nuclear power plants, and the 8 scenarios the three gorges dam could collapse."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gh5D0y_vy8s

Infrastructure is crumbling globally. China seems to be particularly bad...but...I don't know how much info coming out about China is clean. Most of it is generated by media that is agenda driven. Doesn't mean some of it isn't true. I just can't tell. It's frustrating.

Agreed. I think this independent source I've just found is much more credible, though, and explains things very clearly.
Following are his two latest updates, and they explain a lot that I haven't seen elsewhere.

THREE GORGES DAM COLLAPSE - THE TRUTH
765 views•Jul 17, 2020
Gorillas Forex Community
1.16K subscribers

"This video is dispelling a lot of false, inaccurate information floating around about the dam, I explain the cyclical water levels of the dam, the three factors leading to dam water levels rising, and the problem with all the silt and debris pushing against the dam structure."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=g3foF-WOKmI

THREE GORGES DAM COLLAPSE - How long will it take to overflow?
2,012 views•Jul 17, 2020
Gorillas Forex Community
1.17K subscribers

"This video talks about the inflow of water into the dam and how the situation is getting worse day by day. Find all related three gorges dam videos In the folder ‘TRADE IDEAS’."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4A2bqTmAgIY

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Posted by AutumnW

Infrastructure is crumbling globally. China seems to be particularly bad...but...I don't know how much info coming out about China is clean. Most of it is generated by media that is agenda driven. Doesn't mean some of it isn't true. I just can't tell. It's frustrating.

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This researcher is a stock trader, and he is closely watching China and estimating what damage the current crisis is going to cost their economy, and how it will affect global finances.
He's also debunking some of the official stories coming from the Chinese press, which is controlled by the CCP.
And offering a lot of other information for free about stock trading, the math and physics involved, and more.

I was going to add here that his accent is a bit distracting (he's from the UK, but I'm not sure where.)
I'd never heard anyone dropping "t", and he drops the "t" in "water", which sounds very funny to the unaccustomed ear.
But apparently a lot of other listeners beat me to it, and he remarks on it in this video. :lol:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=etFmxmwmxNk

Floods Near Historical Levels In China; Chinese Quit CCP; Urumqi City Locked Down For Virus Outbreak
539,033 views•Premiered Jul 17, 2020
Crossroads with JOSHUA PHILIPP
353K subscribers

"A second wave of floods is expected from the Yangtze River in China. At Wuhu Station on the river, the waters had reached 41.2 feet, which surpasses the highest alarm level by 4.5 feet, and is just less than a foot away from being its highest water level recorded in history.

Meanwhile, with the virus, Urumqi City of Xinjiang has been shut down as cases of the new coronavirus have allegedly begun to surge. Local traffic has already been shut down, and 90 percent of flights have been canceled.

And in Detroit, ICE officials in Homeland Security Investigations seized a web domain operated by China, LafoAuto.com, in an international investigation into arms trafficking. A statement from ICE says “HSI determined that more than 350 suppressors seized by law enforcement across the county were purchased from the website and smuggled into the United States from China as automotive parts.”

These stories and more in this episode of Crossroads."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zXAT9IlTLhk

Locust swarms in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan met with pesticide-carrying drones
5,605 views•Jul 19, 2020
South China Morning Post
1.29M subscribers

"Swarms of yellow-spined bamboo locusts have decimated large areas of farmland around the city of Pu’er in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan. Local authorities believe the crop-eating pests originated outside the province which borders Laos. Officials have deployed drones carrying pesticides in a bid to limit the spread of the insects which started to appear in late June 2020."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=K5ytgMAmIAs

No. 2 Flood Struck The Three Gorges Dam | Can the dam really hold?
407,137 views•Premiered Jul 19, 2020
China Observer - Vision Times
16.2K subscribers

"China Flooding 2020 Series: Part 6.
On July 18th, the Three Gorges Dam received the largest water inflow since the beginning of this year due to heavy rainfall in Chongqing, Sichuan, and other areas in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. According to China’s "Regulations on the Numbering of Major Rivers", this meets the standard for the flood to be assigned a number. The Three Gorges Dam water level has increased by 8.04 meters over the past two days.

After the Chinese official media reported on July 17th that the "Yangtze River Flood No. 2 of 2020" had formed in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the Three Gorges Reservoir's water level rose rapidly, rapidly reaching 61,000 cubic meters per second at 8 a.m. on the 18th. At 6 pm on July 18th, the water level in the Three Gorges reservoir had reached 163.59 meters more than 18.59 meters above the flood limit.

The Three Gorges Dam started discharging water in order to protect the infrastructure, and on July 18th, it opened five more floodgates, making it the largest flood discharge this year. The discharge flow has reached 36,000 cubic meters per second.

According to experts from the Yangtze River Hydrology Bureau, they expect that Flood No.2 will reach Wuhan city in 4-5 days. The water level of the Yangtze River in the Wuhan has risen well above Wuhan city’s ground level, making it a veritable hanging river. While the average elevation of the city of Wuhan is 21 to 27 meters, the water level of the Yangtze River, on July 17th, in Wuhan has already reached 28.38 meters. Currently, Wuhan city is only protected by a large embankment along the river, and a video shows that water was seeping through, and if it collapses, Wuhan residents will be submerged in 3 to 4 stories of floodwater.

According to news circulating on social media, the flooding was caused by the embankment collapse of ching River in Enshu. The ching River is a tributary of the Yangtze River and the water feeds into it from downstream.

Since the Yangtze River increased its flood discharge, water from the Ching River could not flow out, which led to a rise in water levels throughout the basin. Coupled with heavy rainfall and flash floods in the mountains, the basin turned into a severely flooded zone and embankments collapsed.

Due to flood peak No.1, orange level flood warnings were issued for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River such as Dongting Lake area, and Poyang Lake area. Wuhu city’s emergency flood control response was raised to the highest warning level on the same day as well. A video taken by Chinese netizens on July 17th shows that flooding has reached residents in Anching, Anhui province, and citizens have to use zodiac boats to go home.

According to the rainfall forecast released by the Yangtze River Water Information Network, heavy rainfall is still expected in the Yangtze River Basin from the 17th to the 20th.

The 100 or so reservoirs in the Three Gorges Project and the Yangtze River basin, and major hydrological stations in Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake all carry out joint commands.

The official Chinese Vice Minister of Water Resources, Ye Jianchun, had stressed at a State Council policy press conference on July 13th that the Three Gorges Dam is effective in controlling flooding.

However, Reuters reported that David Shankman, a professor of geology at the University of Alabama who studies flooding in China, said that while one of the main reasons for building the Three Gorges Dam was to prevent flooding, in fact, the dam cannot stop floods as severe as this year's.


Fan Xiao, a Chinese geologist, also noted that the Three Gorges Dam reservoir holds less than 9 percent of the flood's volume. "The Three Gorges reservoir can only partially and temporarily intercept flooding upstream, but it can do nothing to stop flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. "

He argued that the Three Gorges Dam and other major dam projects could make flooding worse by altering sediment flows in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river. The inherent need for engineered power generation for the dam also affects flood control. "When people only consider using reservoirs to solve flood control problems, they tend to ignore, or even undermine, the natural ability of rivers and lakes to regulate flooding."

Taiwan’s Sanli Press website reported on July 18th that the flooding was getting more and more intense, and the flow rate at the Three Gorges Dam reached 61,000 cubic meters per second at 8:00 p.m. on that day. The dam is expected to receive a new round of incoming water on the 21st, can the dam really hold?"

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=t5ntYTBwrJE

Are China's empty cities inside that flood zone or well away from it ?

Every time I look at this thread I immediately think about those empty cities. I don't believe this amount of freak weather and flooding happened naturally. I still can't join the dots tho'.

The Three Gorges Dam predicament is gradually hitting the mainstream. Here's a Forbes article from yesterday: (20 July, 2020)

• https://forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2.../#622169444d50

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China Floods call into question sustainability of massive Three Gorges Dam

Seems to be part of the times, no? A once in a generation pandemic, a once in a generation flood. Parts of China are literally up to their eyeballs in water, in what the Chinese government is calling a once in 100 years flood. The Three Gorges Dam, built to stop these things, is now in the spotlight.

The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, with an installed capacity of 22,500 megawatts of power generation. The thing is, that the power station is down the Yangtze River from a handful of other dams that exist at a higher elevation than the Three Gorges. And because of the floods and problems at those dams upstream, Three Gorges is buckling under the strain of massive flows of water.

Cities in the country's central region along the Yangtze River — China's longest river — have been flooded in the past week due to heavy rains this monsoon season. It was reported to be the worst flood since 1998, and not 100 years as some in Beijing have said.

All told, more than 400 Yangtze tributary rivers have overflowed, with nearly 200 people dead and properties underwater.

Average rainfall is around 12% higher than last monsoon season. The economic damage from flooding is expected to reach 86.2 billion yuan ($12 billion), according to some government estimates made on Friday.

On Sunday, the AP reported from Beijing that authorities blasted down an entire dam in order to release surging waters behind it and let it run.

State broadcaster CCTV reported the dam on the Chuhe River in Anhui province was blown to bits with explosives early Sunday morning, after which the water level was expected to drop by two feet.

Last week, the Three Gorges Dam opened three floodgates as the water level behind it rose more than 50 feet above the flood zone. Another flood crest is expected to arrive at the dam on Tuesday, the AP article states, adding that China’s military has been testing the strength of embankments and shoring them up with sandbags and rocks.

Over the weekend, firefighters finished filling in a 620-foot break on Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, that caused flooding into 15 villages, sinking grain crops in Jiangxi province under water.

As of late Sunday, the Huaihe River was overflowing as heavy rain is forecast in the region for the next three days, according to China’s Ministry of Emergency Management.

From today to Wednesday, more strong rains will raise flood risks for rivers connecting to Three Gorges, though it seems that the heaviest rains will end by mid-week, saving the world’s largest dam from further stress.

Floods are expected to pose a threat to parts of Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces this week, while heavy mountain rains will likely hit parts of Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, according to the AP, though this shouldn’t have any impact on the strength of Three Gorges.

The last thing China needs is for that dam to fail. Papering that over would be a bitter pill to swallow for Beijing.

When the dams blew here in Michigan 2 months ago, they called that a 500 year flood, we received 7 inches of rain in 36 hours. Once the first one blew it was toast for the rest downstream, this happened about 35 miles from where I live. Now that 1/3 of a mile river is back to its original 100 ft wide river, all the trees from 100 years ago are still sticking up by the old riverbank . Its pretty surreal.

A fresh update from NTD, as of yesterday: (21 July, 2020)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=d_4xV3Cf1Z0

Also see: https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...=1#post1368188

U.S. Order To Close Chinese Consulate And More Is Coming
640 views•Premiered 42 minutes ago 7/22/20
China Observer - Vision Times
19.4K subscribers

"A fire was spotted at the Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas U.S. at midnight on July 21. The smoke and burning ashes alerted nearby residents and firefighters were called to the site.

The video, posted on Twitter, shows several people burning documents in metal buckets at an open-air courtyard in the center of the Chinese Consulate. Firefighters responded to nearby residents’ calls but were barred entry

On July 22, State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus confirmed the U.S. order to close the Chinese Consulate in Houston on the 24th, in order to "protect U.S. intellectual property rights and the private information of U.S. citizens. And the Chinese officials were given 72 hours to leave America.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin refuted the allegations and called the U.S. "unilateral political provocation and deliberate disruption of China-U.S. relations".

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is visiting Europe, did not give details, but he again accused the Chinese of stealing the U.S. and European intellectual property. He said, “We are sending out clear expectations for how the Chinese Communist Party is going to behave and when they don’t, we’re going to take actions that protect the American people, protect our national security and also our economy and jobs."

In fact, the prosecution of Chinese espionage in the U.S. continues to increase. On the 21st the U.S. Justice Department indicted two Chinese men for stealing confidential data from companies in Maryland, Massachusetts, and California that are developing new coronavirus vaccines, pharmaceuticals and testing technology, as well as collecting information on overseas human right activists and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The indictment states that they were hired by China's Ministry of State Security, and have been attacking computer equipment in countries around the world for more than a decade, stealing trade secrets, weapons designs, military systems, and other information, resulting in the "theft of trade secrets, weapons designs, military systems, and other information, causing "hundreds of millions of dollars" in losses, the indictment stated.

US National National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director said earlier this year that China's stealing of trade secrets had cost America about $300 billion to $600 billion a year.

China also conducted a mass amount of national-level hacking attacks. In 2019, several U.S. aerospace companies were attacked by a Chinese-developed malware called Sakula and stole confidential technology to build aircraft. The C919 jet, which China is building to compete with Boeing and Airbus and claimed “self-developed”, was found to have components identical to those made by CFM International, Honeywell, Parker Aerospace, GE and other U.S. companies.

In a speech at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. on July 7, FBI Director Christopher Wray detailed the Chinese Communist Party's numerous sabotage campaigns against the United States. He said that of the nearly 5,000 counterintelligence cases currently underway in the United States, nearly half are related to China, and the FBI opens a new China counterintelligence case every 10 hours. Wray also highlighted China's Fox Hunt Campaign, which threatens Chinese nationals living abroad with sensitive information, demanding them to return to China or even kill themselves.

The Chinese Communist Party's claws also extend to Europe, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, and many other countries. The latest report from Germany's Federal Office for Constitutional Protection mentioned that Germany has been the target of Chinese spy operations, not just only using every means possible to influence government decisions in areas such as trade, 5G, and other technology-related fields, but also using LinkedIn to search and hire potential candidates to become spies. China even collects data for its social credit system in Germany, including Chinese nationals living in Germany, as well as German citizens who use online services, apps, or payment services from China, such as Alibaba, Tencent, WeChat, and shared-bikes systems."

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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pzF12FN-JdQ

And meanwhile 27 provinces have been completely or partially flooded.
The alarming, deafening silence in the western media about what happens in China is also an interesting puzzle.

Yangtze River flooding, China (4:11)
July 21 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=w3HNRzdeTik

Authorities Flood 200,000 Homes by Opening A Dam; US Orders China Close Houston Consulate in 72 Hrs (25:00)
'CROSSROADS' 23-7-2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Uez8NaF-po

THREE GORGES DAM COLLAPSE BY EARTHQUAKE - Parts 1 & 2
783 views•Jul 23, 2020
Gorillas Forex Community
2.09K subscribers

Part 1
"This video talks about geology and lays the foundation for part two where we will discuss the potential for an earthquake around the three gorges dam."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=JR9tb7Vk-Eo

Part 2
"This video talks about findings of scientists in China and discusses the very real possibility of more earthquakes, as the last one happened in July 2nd 2020 not far from 3GD."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6sYZBgGe8Jw

The deception of the 3 gorges Dam finally released
59,015 views•Jul 21, 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5O1w2UelZZQ

China releases floodwater; 2 Chinese hackers indicted; New bill targets supply chain slave labor
72,130 views•Jul 23, 2020
NTD
425K subscribers

"1. Houston Chinese Consulate Ordered To Close
The United States asked Chinese consulate staff in Houston to get out of the country by 4PM this Friday.

2. Two Chinese Indicted in Hacking Campaign
The Justice Department says the two hackers, part of China's Ministry of State Security, stole hundreds of millions of dollars in trade secrets, intellectual property, and other valuable information.

3. New Bill Targets Supply Chain Slave Labor
US Senator Josh Hawley is introducing a bill to make sure large American companies aren't using slave labor in supply chains.

4. China Blast Releases Floodwater
China’s Southeastern Anhui province is now in an urgent situation. In one of the towns in the region, over 10-thousand people are trapped due to flooding, waiting to be rescued.

5. Hongkongers' Anonymous Protest Opposes Law
A colorful and anonymous form of protest can be seen popping up in shops and restaurants in Hong Kong. It follows the controversial security law imposed by the Chinese communist party that makes several forms of free speech a crime."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BOfjAyGcGfM

Simulation Video After The Failure Of The Three Gorges Dam On The Yangtze River
30,897 views•Jul 25, 2020

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=J_KwViY2FAI

Can China's Three Gorges Dam collapse?Bills ban funds for CCP-tied goods;NYC autonomous zone cleared
86,633 views•Jul 24, 2020
NTD
425K subscribers
(00:00) NYC City Hall Park Taken Back by NYPD
The NYPD cleared out people who were camping outside of City Hall. The police commissioner said there were about 40 or 50 people onsite when they moved in to clear it out. Arrests were made, but there were no injuries and no violence.

(02:01) NY: Upstate Housing Booms After Pandemic
Following a months-long lockdown, some New Yorkers have decided they don't want to go through it again in a city that's known for its crowds. The need for more space has sent real estate sales booming outside the five boroughs.

(03:42) US Hearing: Tech Surveillance in China
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom held a hearing about the Chinese regime’s use of technology to oppress religious groups. They say China has created a surveillance state on a scale never seen before.

(05:49) Ban Funds for CCP-Tied Goods: Senator
Republican Arizona Senator Martha McSally introduced two bills— bills that would ban federal funds from being used to buy Chinese Communist Party-tied products, like subway trains.

(07:43) Concerns Rise Over the ‘Three Gorges Dam’
Concerns are rising over whether the three gorges dam could collapse amid China's massive flooding. But Chinese experts are quick to refute. In a state media interview, one expert said even an atomic bomb couldn't entirely destroy the dam.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PQdtUr1UIe4

China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
2,916 views•Jul 25, 2020
Al Jazeera English
5.54M subscribers

"The diplomatic crisis between China and the United States is deepening.
Staff at the US consulate in Chengdu, China, are leaving after Beijing ordered its closure.
It is in response to the US ordering the closure of China's consulate in Houston, Texas."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jQMy0Vgat5M

For a deeper dive into China's propaganda mechanism, please do check out "serpentza"'s videos on the big lies that China continues to peddle. He has lived in China for some time and speaks the language fluently.

(I can't remember his actual name)

They really are excellent and informative, though often harrowing.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Rohq4hClRkk

From Bill: he's Winston Sterzel, and his Wiki page is here.

Checking Serpentza out now. These are interesting too (Serpenza is in these as well) though they're 4 years old:

Why is Everything in CHINA FALLING APART?
2,139,077 views•Nov 19, 2016
ADVChina

"Before you come to China, you might have an idea that it will be ancient tea houses, tight alley ways full of culture and history, or people living the same way they did hundereds of years ago.
You'd be wrong.
China is changing, and sometimes too fast. So Winston and I delve into something that we find a little disappointing sometimes, and that is the lack of maintanence in China.
If you go to most old areas, you can almost see the history pouring out from the ancient buildings and temples, but they are almost never maintained. This problem is to the point where we are having a difficult time finding anything that is more than 50 years old, simply because it is all collapsed.

This isn't limited to old things either. Chinese people have had an issue with maintenance with most things for a long time.

Hop on and find out more!

Living in China for so long, we would like to share some of the comparisons that we have found between China and the west, and shed some light on the situation."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=o9eXi3RL8q4

(Too bad the people who are newly homeless from flooding in China will not be relocated to all those empty buildings, but no doubt that will never happen as there would probably be no profit in it. Unless the whole economy undergoes a renovation from top to bottom, and people are no longer considered to be disposable. )

GHOST CITY - Inside the Chinese Housing Bubble
1,103,988 views•Oct 16, 2016
ADVChina


"Speculative buyers have eschewed Chinese stocks in favor of property, prompting even the chief economist at the central bank of the world's second largest economy to declare that housing was in a "bubble."
But when strategists at UBS AG recently compiled a list of bubblicious housing markets, there weren't any selections from mainland China due to the lack of reliable data on the subject, underscoring the continued difficulty in declaring Chinese real estate to be in overheated territory.
But Deutsche Bank AG Chief China Economist Zhiwei Zhang thinks he's pinpointed "a clear sign of a bubble" in the market — one that will end in a major correction in two years' time.
After analyzing how much developers were willing to spend to win land auctions in 10 major Chinese cities in which values are already up 23 percent year-over-year, the economist found that the business case for these bids evaporates unless property prices continue to increase.

Hop on and find out!

Living in China for so long, we would like to share some of the comparisons that we have found between China and the west, and shed some light on the situation."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BcyYyyaPz84

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For a deeper dive into China's propaganda mechanism, please do check out "serpentza"'s videos on the big lies that China continues to peddle. He has lived in China for some time and speaks the language fluently.

(I can't remember his actual name)

They really are excellent and informative, though often harrowing.
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THREE GORGES DAM POTENTIAL COLLAPSE UPDATE - Rain and Debris
7,111 views•Jul 25, 2020
Gorillas Forex Community
2.6K subscribers

"This video discusses the expected rain over the next 24 hours and the amount of debris building up behind the dam wall."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xM9ZOJnPbyg

40 Inches Rain Due/2 Days/3 Gorges Dam
"Catastrophic storm forecast for Chengdu China 1020mm or 40 inches in 2 days Wednesday through Friday"
28,672 views•Jul 26, 2020
cf jingara
4.43K subscribers
"This looks like one monster of a system. I will monitor and report on it as it happens."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9UsF6yPf7BI

They want to terminate 20 million of their own population. So, this dam situation might be part of that....

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They want to terminate 20 million of their own population. So, this dam situation might be part of that....

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But they'd not want to wipe out Wuhan, one of China's key manufacturing hubs.

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They want to terminate 20 million of their own population. So, this dam situation might be part of that....

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I believe you are right. That is why they are purposely breaking some dams to allow water from the Yangtze/others to flood populated river basins (that was there originally to control flood naturally) the save Wuhan and Shanghai.

The 3G dam has been slowing down the flow of the Yangtze which causes silt build-up on the river bottom downstream. The river embankments need to grow higher and higher to accommodate the riverbed rises. They either ignore to remove build up silt or possibly it is too costly to do.

Over the years, the river will rise higher and higher than the river basins. The flooded will be more and more devastated. The 3G dam is becoming a nightmare for them.