The new issue of the Atlantic is in subscribers' hands and up on the web. It includes my story on a touching and quixotic effort by two businessmen / idealists to bring the good parts of modern technology to a remote village in Gansu Province called... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Wed, Sep 10 2008
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90th Engineer Boat Regiment builds bridge on Yellow River(2) »
YouTube video This video documentary records that how the PLA 90th Engineer Boat Regiment (Location: Jingyuan County 靖远县, Baiyin City白银市, Gansu Province) build a military boat-bridge on Yellow River (or Huanghe River).
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Non-politics: Yellow Sheep River in Chinese » James Fallows As previously mentioned here and here, the Atlantic's October issue has an article I put a lot of effort and heart into. It was about an idealistic attempt to improve the prospects for children living in China's remote, scenic, and very poor far western... |
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Yellow River Basin in Gansu Drying up » china.org.cn Global warming and overdevelopment have decreased the water storage capacity of the Yellow River in Maqu, Gansu Province, local weather authorities have said. |
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Yellow River basin in Gansu drying up » People's Daily XI'AN: Global warming and overdevelopment have decreased the water storage capacity of the Yellow River in Maqu, Gansu Province, local weather authorities have said. The flow of the country's second-longest river in Maqu has slowed by 64 ... |
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Restoration at Yellow River source aims to curb desertification » People's Daily A long-term restoration project involving millions of dollars of investment has been launched at a key source of the Yellow River, China's second longest waterway, in the northwestern Gansu Province to curb environmental degradation in the ... |
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River ecology targeted » Shanghai Daily A LONG-TERM restoration project involving millions of dollars of investment has been launched at a key source of the Yellow River, China's second longest waterway, in northwestern China's Gansu Province to curb environmental degradation in the area. The... |
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