China Lets Town’s Ruins Wash Away, in Effort to Avert Disaster Downriver
Soldiers blasted away debris holding back millions of gallons of water in one of the 30 so-called “quake lakes” created in the devastating earthquake last month.
June 11, 2008
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China’s List of Olympic Don’ts
To win the right to host the Games, China promised to improve its human-rights record. It keeps moving mostly in the opposite direction.
June 11, 2008
