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SINKING, CRACKS DETECTED ON QINGHAI-TIBET RAILWAY
JUL 31, 2006 - 2:15PM PST
Posted by Joshua Kurlantzick

Via http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-07/28/content_652320.htm

This article is interesting because it demonstrates an increasing Chinese understanding of spin and damage control, something suggesting a more sophisticated style of diplomacy. From China Daily:The Qinghai-Tibet railway, opened this month to great fanfare, is developing surface cracks in its concrete structures while its permafrost foundation is sinking and cracking at some sections. "The frozen ground that forms the foundation of the railway is sinking and cracking in some sections, making the railway unstable in some places," the Beijing News quoted railway ministry spokesman Wang Yongping as saying. "The concrete is cracking on some of the railway structures and bridges, forming a hidden danger to the railway line quality."
 
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Michael on July 31, 2006 @ 11:36 pm:
Yes, but it makes me happy that they actually said something. That's good news to me. Does anybody know how bad it is? Concrete cracks everywhere. Have they had to stop trains at all? Perhaps it is just the "breaking-in" period.

louis, australia on August 7, 2006 @ 9:04 pm:
I would very much like to know if in the design of this marvellous project the potentially harmful effects in the future of global warming, and the consequences of earthquakes or tremors have ben considered and appropriately provided for.

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