13 Facts About the Controversial Massive Chinese Dam That Slowed the Earth’s Rotation

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The Three Gorges Dam is one of the most ambitious and equally controversial projects on the planet.

By  Donovan Alexander

January 28, 2019

13 Facts About the Controversial Massive Chinese Dam That Slowed the Earth's Rotation

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How much do you know about the Three Gorges Dam? You have probably come across dams through your travels, or there may even be a dam near your home town.

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Dams can be awe-inspiring, human-made feats of engineering, powering the lives of the surrounding communities.

Yet, in the same breath dams are the subject of notable and significant national, regional or international controversy. And, no dam has garnered as much notoriety as the 3 Gorges Dam; a dam that is so massive in scale that it has actually slowed down the earth’s rotation.

For the uninitiated, a dam is a large barrier built across rivers and streams to confine and utilize the flow of water for human purposes such as irrigation and the generation of hydroelectricity.

So, if you have always wanted to hear the story behind the Three Gorges Dam and what makes it so controversial, it is your lucky day. An efficient man-made monument to innovation, or a destructive monstrosity? Today you will decide. Here are thirteen facts about Three Gorges Dam.

The Dam Was Originally Sun Yat-Sen’s Idea

Often considered the father of modern China, Sun Yat-sen originally proposed the idea of the Three Gorges Dam all the way back in early 1919. Overthrowing China’s Manchu dynasty in 1922,  Sun Yat-sen sparked the revolution that would plant the seeds of what would eventually become the Republic of China.

In an article titled, “A Plan to Development Industry”, Sun Yat-Sen proposed the idea of constructing a dam that not only would help control the flooding of the Yangtze River, but also embody China’s “new might.”  However, it would be a while before the project would come into fruition.

Three Gorges Is Massive

Though some claim the Three Gorges Dam is viewable from space, this is not true. Nevertheless, the dam is massive.  Made of steel and concrete, the steel dam is 7,661 feet long, almost 600 feet high.

Engineers needed 510,000 tons of steel to construct the massive dam. To put that in perspective, with the same resources you could build sixty different Eiffel Towers.

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The Wuhan Virus: How to Stay Safe

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As China’s epidemic continues to spread, things may seem scary. Here are ten simple precautions that can protect you from contracting the coronavirus.

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Medical staff members wear protective clothing as they arrive with a patient at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in China on Jan. 25. HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

As the new Wuhan coronavirus has spread not only all over mainland China, but also worldwide, panic is rising. Inside China there is a growing sense of helplessness, as the government is compelled to take drastic measures to stop the virus, including introducing some travel restrictions in Beijing. I have received panicked queries from journalists and public health workers in China, asking, “How can we protect ourselves and our families?” Tiếp tục đọc “The Wuhan Virus: How to Stay Safe” →

Vietnam needs to choose the path less traveled

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By Nguyen Dang Anh Thi   January 26, 2020 | 07:27 am GMT+7

Vietnam has been repeating the goal of “industrialization and modernization” like a mantra and has treated these goals as a given without critical thought applied to what it really means

In copying other countries’ development mistakes, Vietnam has paid a heavy price for not deploying due foresight. Now, we cannot ignore hindsight wisdom.

Nguyen Dang Anh Thi

Nguyen Dang Anh Thi

When he was 18, my eldest brother faced a tough decision – should he go to university or take up vocational training?

Although he wanted to persist with his academic pursuit, he deferred to the family’s economic needs and decided to join the workforce to support the family.

So, instead of going to university, he decided to go to Tay Loc District in my home province, Thua Thien Hue, and learn tailoring.

One year, with a sudden surge in the need for making windcheaters in HCMC, my brother left home and headed for the southern metropolis in search of better work opportunities. He boarded the crammed bus, not daring to look behind at his sobbing family.

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UN’s top court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide

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Momentous pronouncement at Hague rejects Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence of her country’s military

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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh take part in prayers to mark the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar
 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh take part in prayers to mark the second anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar. Photograph: Rafiquar Rahman/Reuters

Myanmar has been ordered by the United Nations’ highest court to prevent genocidal violence against its Rohingya Muslim minority and preserve any evidence of past crimes.

In a momentous and unanimous decision, the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague imposed emergency “provisional measures” on the country – intervening in its domestic affairs by instructing the government of Aung San Suu Kyi to respect the requirements of the 1948 genocide convention.

Declaring that there was prima facie evidence of breaches of the convention, the court warned that the estimated 600,000 Rohingya remaining in Myanmar were “extremely vulnerable” to attacks by the military. Tiếp tục đọc “UN’s top court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide” →

Coronavirus Exposes Core Flaws, and Few Strengths, in China’s Governance

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While China can mobilize a huge national response to the outbreak, its response to the crisis is also a lesson in how the country’s political weak points can carry grave consequences for world health.

Health care workers at the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital on Saturday.Credit…Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Image

  • Published Jan. 25, 2020Updated Jan. 26, 2020, 12:45 a.m. ET

It was the initial news reports that first suggested China’s political system might be getting in the way of its ability to confront the coronavirus outbreak.

The outbreak seemed to already be a full-blown crisis, infecting dozens in China and even some abroad, by the time it became widely reported. Tiếp tục đọc “Coronavirus Exposes Core Flaws, and Few Strengths, in China’s Governance” →

China holds firm on strategy to build self-sufficient domestic polysilicon industry

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The Chinese government will extend duties on U.S. and South Korean polysilicon for another five years from today despite committing to buy $200 billion more American goods and services in the trade deal signed on Wednesday. Poly manufacturer REC Silicon says it expects polysilicon to form part of that trade agreement.

 

China’s latest trade tariff announcement appears to be at odds with the deal just signed with the U.S.

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China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has announced the anti-dumping duties applied to U.S. and South Korean-made polysilicon will remain in place for another five years from today.

Norwegian poly producer REC Silicon, which manufactures almost all of its current output of the solar module raw material in the U.S., said this morning the extension of duties announced yesterday was expected as part of a pre-planned tariff review independent of the trade deal thrashed out by President Trump and China on Wednesday. Tiếp tục đọc “China holds firm on strategy to build self-sufficient domestic polysilicon industry” →

World Consumes 100 Billion Tons of Materials Every Year

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An open pit mine in Russia. RINAT GAREEV/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100 billion tons every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled is falling.

The climate and wildlife emergencies are driven by the unsustainable extraction of fossil fuels, metals, building materials, and trees. The report’s authors warn that treating the world’s resources as limitless is leading towards global disaster.
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5 shocking facts about inequality, according to Oxfam’s latest report

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  • Oxfam’s Time To Care report looks at wealth inequality and how it’s partly driven by the burden placed on women to provide unpaid – and underpaid – care work.
  • The charity proposes six solutions to “close the gap between care workers and the wealthy elite”.

“Governments around the world can, and must, build a human economy that is feminist and benefits the 99%, not only the 1%.”

That’s the message from Oxfam, the aid and development charity, in its latest report on the state of global inequality, Time To Care.

It focuses on the impact that unpaid and underpaid care work has on the prospects and livelihoods of women and girls across the world – and how that’s driving growing inequality.

Oxfam lists six recommendations to “close the gap between care workers and the wealthy elite who have profited most from their labour”, from ending extreme wealth to challenging harmful norms and sexist beliefs. Tiếp tục đọc “5 shocking facts about inequality, according to Oxfam’s latest report” →

A clean energy world would support millions of new jobs

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A study from Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology has predicted solar and other renewables can provide a global energy jobs revolution – just as four European operations revealed recent struggles.

 

Solar will support 22 million jobs in 2050, according to the study.

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Vietnam placed 31st in global power ranking

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By Nguyen Quy   January 23, 2020 | 06:00 pm GMT+7

Vietnam placed 31st in global power ranking

Armored tanks are mobilized on the street to maintain security during the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, February 2019. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.

High scores in military strength has given Vietnam 31st place in a 2020 global power ranking of 73 economies.

In Southeast Asia, Vietnam’s level of global influence is second only to Singapore, which is placed 22nd, according to the latest power ranking released this month by multi-platform publisher U.S. News and World Report.

Among other Southeast Asian peers, Indonesia is ranked 40th, Myanmar 47th, Thailand 49th, the Philippines 51st, and Malaysia 58th.

The ranking assesses the influence of a nation based on five attributes including a country’s leadership, economic influence, political influence, international alliances and military power.

Vietnam scored an average 0.9 points on a scale of 10 in power ranking. The country scored highest in military power at 2.8 points, followed by economic influence (0.7) and political influence (0.6). “Strong international alliances” recorded 0.4 points and “a leader” 0.5 points.

Vietnam was ranked 32nd among 80 economies last year.

The U.S. was named the most powerful country in the world, followed by Russia and China. The rest of the top 10 were Germany, the U.K., France, Japan, Israel, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.

Global Firepower, a U.S.-based non-governmental military website that assesses the military power of countries around the world, last year ranked Vietnam’s military the 23rd most powerful in the world.

The country’s total available active military manpower, estimated at 482,000, puts it among the 10 largest standing armies in the world, according to Global Firepower.

The power ranking is part of the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Countries Ranking. In the overall ranking, Vietnam slipped four places to 43rd, performing best in economic growth, heritage and business openness categories.

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Sữa Organic của Vinamilk?

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TĐH: Mình mới nghe trên VTV1 một quảng cáo của Vinamilk, nói về sữa Vinamilk “organic” theo “tiêu chuẩn 3-Không của Châu Âu”. Nghe thấy là mình Google sữa 3-Không thì thấy quảng cáo ở đây https://www.vinamilk.com.vn/vi/ của Vinamilk có nói “Organic chuẩn Châu Âu.”

3-Không chẳng thể là tiêu chuẩn organic được.

1. Không sử dụng hoóc môn tăng trưởng cho bò. Được

2. Không dư lượng thuốc kháng sinh và thuốc trừ sâu. Tức là vẫn dùng kháng sinh và thuốc trừ sâu.

3. Không chất bảo quản. Được.
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4. Phân bón cho đồng cỏ của bò. Không nói gì, thì chắc là dùng phân hóa học vô cơ?

Như thế thì chẳng thể gọi là Organic.

 

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Bay theo ròng rọc chuối xuất khẩu

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Tết này 250 công nhân trang trại chuối ở Vụ Bổn- xã vùng nghèo sâu Tây Nguyên ăn tết vui tươi đầm ấm, vì đã có mức lương “lý tưởng” và giao thông thuận lợi hơn mọi xuân trước. 

Ngày giáp tết, ông Hồ Thái Bình-Phó tổng giám đốc Công ty cổ phần KD Green Farm đưa ông Mai Đình Thọ-Phó bí thư huyện ủy Krông Pắk và phóng viên Tiền Phong đi thực tế dự án trồng chuối xuất khẩu.

Ông Hồ Thái Bình (bên phải) đưa ông Mai Đình Thọ (giữa) và tác giả tham quan trang trại chuối 100 ha của Công ty.

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Japanese Environment Minister opposes Vietnam coal-fired project involving Japan firm

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Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters at the venue of the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Madrid, on Dec. 15, 2019. (Kyodo)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi expressed opposition Tuesday to the planned construction of a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam involving a major Japanese trading firm, saying it is at odds with measures to mitigate global warming and subject to international criticism.

“This (project) is not something we can get the understanding of Japanese citizens or the international community for,” Koizumi said at a press conference, although he has no power to stop the plan.

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TP.HCM phát hiện 2 người Trung Quốc dương tính với virus corona

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Hai cha con người Trung Quốc đến từ thành phố Vũ Hán, Trung Quốc, nhiễm virus corona gây bệnh viêm phổi cấp, đang được cách ly tại Bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy, TP.HCM.

Thứ trưởng Bộ Y tế nói về 2 ca nhiễm carona đầu tiên ở TP.HCM Thứ trưởng Y tế Nguyễn Trường Sơn và đoàn công tác kiểm tra và xác nhận 2 cha con người Trung Quốc nhiễm virus corona đang được cách ly tại Bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy, TP.HCM.

Ngày 23/1, Thứ trưởng Y tế Nguyễn Trường Sơn kiểm tra công tác chống dịch viêm phổi cấp mới tại Bệnh viện Chợ Rẫy, TP.HCM. Theo báo cáo của bệnh viện, hai bệnh nhân được cách ly vì dương tính với virus corona.
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