The floods in China are a global disaster

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

2020 has proven to be one of the worst Asian Monsoon seasons in history. Rain totals are more than 200% above the past 11 year average in China, but they are not alone, with additional massive flooding striking Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and both North and South Korea. But while there have been deaths and dislocations in many places, none are as impacted as the 3 Gorges Dam region of China.

• The reservoir system that makes up the 3 Gorges Dam system passed flood stage some 6 weeks ago, and is now classified by China as a Level 2 (Level 1 being the worst and only reachable in the event the Dam's discharge system fails).
• China has had to destroy more than 2 dozen smaller dams and levees to let floodwaters into the drainage basin - namely, into the farmland, so as to attempt to spare cities downstream from catastrophic flooding.
• Official numbers out of China are difficult to come by, but estimates from the Taiwanese press indicate that as much as 50% of agriculturally developed lands along the Yangtze have endured some form of flooding in 2020. Millions of acres of agricultural land now sit under as much as 9 feet of floodwaters and will produce zero yield in 2020 and perhaps beyond.

 

 

https://www.glennbeck.com/blog/the-floods-in-china-are-a-global-disaster

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

All in all, it's showing that China isn't a reliable supplier, can't keep its own infrastructure under control.. dealing with that, and "them" (the CCP), when all is said and done, isn't worth the potential cost savings, no matter how much one invested in guanxi.

[Dashinka 23,245]

22 hours ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

All in all, it's showing that China isn't a reliable supplier, can't keep its own infrastructure under control.. dealing with that, and "them" (the CCP), when all is said and done, isn't worth the potential cost savings, no matter how much one invested in guanxi.

This along with the fact that the CCP doesn’t really give a darn about it’s people.  If Three Gorges were to fail, oh well, it would just be a few million people impacted.