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Man-made disasters in China

  • Cultural RevolutionOn the 16th of May 1966, an expanded session of the Politburo convened in Beijing to discuss a document prepared with Mao Zedong's personal supervision.
  • 1938 Yellow River floodOn the 13th of June 1938, a wave of water crashed into Zhongmu County. This event was not natural but engineered by the National Revolutionary Army to stop…