PLA commander: No collapsing danger for quake lake dam in forseeable period
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Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

 PLA officers work near the sluice channel of the Tangjiashan "quake lake" in the quake-devastated Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 7, 2008.

PLA officers work near the sluice channel of the Tangjiashan "quake lake" in the quake-devastated Mianyang City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 7, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
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    TANGJIASHAN, Sichuan Province, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The dam of Tangjiashan quake lake faces no danger of collapsing in the foreseeable period, a top military commander at the site said Saturday.

    "The dam has no collapsing danger in the foreseeable period," said Fan Xiaoguang, deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Area Command.

Editor: Bi Mingxin
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