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Heavy Rain Hits Over One Million in Southern China but State Broadcaster Highlights Local Waterfall Instead
Epoch Times ^
| 07/05/2021
| Frank Yue
Posted on 07/05/2021 6:40:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Torrential rain caused severe flooding in southern China’s Guangxi Province, affecting a population of more than a million. However, China’s state broadcaster CCTV shifted attention to what it called “golden waterfall.”
Heavy rain swept northern and central Guangxi from June 27 to July 2, causing damage to a population of a million people in 46 counties, according to China’s outlets. The level of emergency response was upgraded from four to three. So far, 91,500 residents have been displaced, 16 killed, and 10 are missing, while direct financial losses reached 2.9 billion yuan (about $453 million).
However, a July 3 report by state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) made no mention of casualties or financial damages incurred by the extreme weather. Instead, it turned to focus on a local waterfall at Detian village in Daxin county, Guangxi, describing how spectacular it looked and how a “golden waterfall” had formed. The story carried a promotional title that translates as “Rare Sight! ‘Golden Waterfall’ Appears in Guangxi” along with a nine-second video. It explained that the color was created with the help of shining sunlight and rapids due to the sudden rise in water level in the upper reaches of the Guichun River.
However, a host of online posts questioned CCTV’s claims.
An Internet user who calls himself Huiwen Perspective-Yangliu commented that, “Plain enough, it showed inadequate environmental protection—soil erosion—while CCTV coined a term to name it: golden waterfall!”
Another netizen with the username Cowboy in the Kunlun Mountain said, “The outlet has serious problems in its journalistic orientation because it lauds severe land degradation as golden water.”
Someone called Huang Guixiong expressed that the video is apparently attractive, which comes from filter processing if compared with the color of the surrounding shrubbery.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; rains; weather
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In the past, one CCP tactic has been to attempt to make a positive story out of a tragedy in order to obfuscate the full truth from Chinese people.
To: SeekAndFind
A wide swath of southern China braced Sunday for more seasonal rains and flooding that state media said has already left more than 120 people dead or missing this year.
To: SeekAndFind
If the Three Gorges Dam lets go, it will be very hard for the CCP to distract people from the news.
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:43:30 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: SeekAndFind
To: SeekAndFind
I’m hoping the Three Gorges Dam gives way this year. They need rain. Lots and lots of rain.
To: left that other site
I have nothing against any given individual Chinese, but the CCP is pure evil.
I pray for those in the path of the Three Gorges Dam. I cannot imagine what would happen if that dam fails.
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:50:43 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
To: SeekAndFind
golden waterfall
sounds kinda kinky
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:52:06 PM PDT
by
Jolla
To: SeekAndFind
Yeah, another golden shower of truth from CCP state run media.
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:52:17 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: SeekAndFind
When life gives you golden showers...Golden Waterfalls!
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:52:18 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:53:42 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: rlmorel
I agree with you. It is the government of that country that is evil.
Even to build that dam in the first place, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, ancient temples inundated, and tremendous strain put on the environment.
Somethings gotta give, and it won’t be pretty.
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:54:00 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: SeekAndFind
The government also trumpeted that although the average family lost two people to flood waters the subsequent savings on dinner meals was equal to 16 American cents.
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:57:13 PM PDT
by
PTBAA
To: SeekAndFind
“golden waterfall.”
Whew. I thought this was going to be about humper biden, at first.
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:59:08 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Yes— it is the government. The country and its history are interesting, and the people are wonderful. Thoughtful and caring.
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posted on
07/05/2021 6:59:39 PM PDT
by
Exit148
To: SeekAndFind
Send it to the West Coast and Northwest! We sure need it. No rain in North Idaho in March, April and May. A tiny bit in June. Dry July so far. Everything is parched.
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posted on
07/05/2021 7:00:16 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“I’m not a conspiracy theorist....but, I don’t believe in coincidences, either.” ~ Steve Bannon)
To: left that other site; rlmorel
I’m pretty sure that the total displaced for that monstrosity was around 7 million people.
To: Exit148
Yes— it is the government. The country and its history are interesting, and the people are wonderful. Thoughtful and caring.
Indeed. And when PRESIDENT Trump dubbed COVID19 "The Chinese Virus", he was not disparaging Chinese People, especially not Americans of Chinese ancestry. He was talking about the GOVERNMENT of communist China.
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posted on
07/05/2021 7:05:41 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
07/05/2021 7:06:14 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: rlmorel
I pray for those in the path of the Three Gorges Dam. I cannot imagine what would happen if that dam fails. It would be a dam shame.
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posted on
07/05/2021 7:09:01 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: rlmorel
I pray for those in the path of the Three Gorges Dam. I cannot imagine what would happen if that dam fails.Mesoscale great Johnstown flood.
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posted on
07/05/2021 7:10:43 PM PDT
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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