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“The Three Gorges Dam caused the Sichuan earthquake.” The increased load on one of the tectonic plates associated with the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in May 2008 did bear the increased load of the dam's earthworks, structure, and the filling reservoir of water. Other reservoir filling has been noted to cause induced seismicity but a direct correlation to activity of such magnitude as a 7.8 quake has not been previously recorded. While the dam may be a small contributing factor to the seismic activity, experts had agreed earlier in the decade that a significant earthquake would occur in the region in the near future, see: Signs and Predictions of 2008 Sichuan earthquake. As a worst case scenario the seismic activity was hurried along or strengthened; the dam is not the sole source of the 2008 earthquake.
Originally posted by Jazzyguy
reply to post by zhangxi0183
She has the right to say whatever she wants (including dumb and inconsiderate words), it's called freedom of speech.
In the video the interviewer seems rather fixated on what Sharon Stone said...
My advice for the chinese people is, don't, it's stupid.
Originally posted by Jazzyguy
reply to post by zhangxi0183
Yes, although freedom of speech opens flood gates for idiots and jerks to open their big mouths, I have great respect to countries that have such value among other things.
And definitely much less respect to countries that have none. Such country, in my opinion, spiritually, is kinda pathetic.