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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
I hope the Chinese do as well as the TVA. One of the prime reasons for the TVA's sucess was the program to teach people how to slow if not stop soil erosion. A benefit to the farmer as well as the dams.
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As a side benefit, it also purged a mess of recalcitrant hillbillies who thought they could live their lives free of all contact with government do-gooders. I assume the rural chinese labor under no such illusions.