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More than a third of China’s 85,000 reservoirs had serious problems, Xinhua news agency said, citing Jiao Yong, a deputy minister of water resources.<\/span><\/div>\n

\n"The problematic reservoirs are like time bombs, seriously threatening the lives and property of people living downstream," Jiao was quoted as saying. <\/span>“The government would spend 5 billion yuan (US$647.7 million) each year to repair embankments<\/span>”.<\/div>\n
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Thousands of Chinese reservoirs in need of repairs are like "time bombs" threatening nearby villages, state media reported on Friday, a day after one burst its banks, prompting the evacuation of thousands of villagers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-25940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThousands of China reservoirs like \u2018time bombs\u2019 | Dialogue Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thousands of Chinese reservoirs in need of repairs are like "time bombs" threatening nearby villages, state media reported on Friday, a day after one burst its banks, prompting the evacuation of thousands of villagers.\" \/>\n<meta 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