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Why are 46 cities in China sinking?
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Posted on 06/25/2016 3:26:23 PM PDT by Java4Jay

According to the Chinese government, 46 cities across China are sinking into the ground. In the last decade alone, Beijing has sunk 14 inches. The city continues to sink at a rate of nearly 11 centimeters per year.

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To: Java4Jay
China has been sinking for centuries
61 posted on 06/25/2016 5:12:26 PM PDT by batterycommander (Surrounded? Relax and call for artillery.)
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To: Java4Jay

The Erf sucks.

git used to it. )


62 posted on 06/25/2016 5:20:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Java4Jay

Frequently, this might occur when designers fail to consider adequate geotechnical investigation prior to construction and design.


63 posted on 06/25/2016 5:29:47 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Java4Jay

This is a simple translation error. They are in Sing Kiang province. Those cities are Sing Kiang. Journalists rely on google too much.


64 posted on 06/25/2016 5:31:27 PM PDT by Defiant (After 8 years of Chump Change, it's time for Trump Change.)
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To: Java4Jay

Beijing


65 posted on 06/25/2016 5:36:16 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Java4Jay

At the end of WW2, a naziscientist with help from the Japanese 731 brigade, engineered a time release mold made from liedermranzcheese. Mold from its weaponized version would eat holes in anything! The Chinese cities were targeted for regenge. Hence the deset of their cities..


66 posted on 06/25/2016 5:36:43 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

Sorry, you’re making too much sense. Now repeat after me, “This is obviously due to racism and Donald Trump wanting to build a wall!”...


67 posted on 06/25/2016 5:36:58 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Java4Jay
Mexico City is built over a swamp.

Remember the story in the Bible about the guy who built his house on the sand rather then the rock?

Same principle applies.

68 posted on 06/25/2016 5:45:03 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
If the weight of people is causative Pyongyang would be miles underground, just from their fat leader.
69 posted on 06/25/2016 5:48:54 PM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: Java4Jay

Mexico City is built on a lake which was filled in. That is why it is sinking.


70 posted on 06/25/2016 5:57:12 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Why does every totalitarian, political hack think that he knows how to run my life better than I?)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I have often wondered about that because I grew up where the landscape changes abruptly from clay hills to sand hills. Interestingly the houses built on the sand don’t sink, they are stable but those built on the clay often sink slowly into the ground, causing foundation cracking etc.


71 posted on 06/25/2016 5:59:14 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
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To: Java4Jay

I’ll go with Global Warming


72 posted on 06/25/2016 6:06:54 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: dp0622
The first page of this pdf has the photo I remembered seeing decades ago. Maybe it was a similar or cropped photo.

Anyway,

San Joaquin Valley - U.S. Geological Survey

73 posted on 06/25/2016 7:01:58 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Java4Jay

Wei Tu Lo.


74 posted on 06/25/2016 7:04:19 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

I wonder when Manhattan’s going to disappear.


75 posted on 06/25/2016 7:17:34 PM PDT by American Quilter (Indict Herself)
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To: Java4Jay

China will sink and sink until it ends up here in the United States.
If you dig a hole here in the USA deep enough you end up in China.
Maybe we can meet them in the middle?


76 posted on 06/25/2016 10:28:42 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: RipSawyer

There are ways of building on both without sinking, but many who control construction become familiar with construction on more stable soils, and don’t think it’s important to really design for the actual soil conditions.

Take a look at California and people who built multimillion dollar homes on small hills, only to lose them in mudslides.

Same principles apply.

People bought the views and location, designed from Architectural Digest or some other architectural porn, and are then surprised when their homes collapse.


77 posted on 06/26/2016 1:13:23 AM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Java4Jay

Mexico City used to be a water way so it is unstable anyway.


78 posted on 06/26/2016 1:18:24 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: dznutz

Bang Ding Ow.


79 posted on 06/26/2016 6:16:56 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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