"It cited one incident in 1998 where a crack caused by sinking ground had forced a rubber factory in the capital's Shunyi district to stop production. The crack is now about 800m-wide and 25km-long."
Anyone else call BS on this. A chasm 800 meters wide?? that's half a mile lol.
I think it is a typo. It probably meant to be 800mm, which is about 32 inches.