2012-07-24

Chinese netizens angry about Beijing storm drains

The Beijing government calls the weekend's storm unprecedented, but actually there were similar storms last year. Other parts of the city saw more serious flooding, but in my part of the city, the flooding was similar to what happened last year. And also what happened two weeks prior......

No Excuse for Response to Beijing Storm
This is not the first time Beijing has had an "unprecedented" rainstorm. On June 23, 2011, Beijing was also inundated. It was also a day as dark as night and traffic ground to a standstill. However, just one year later, the government is again using the term.

The city's underground sewage system is directly responsible for the flooding. Within of Beijing, it seems that the Forbidden City still has the best drainage. For a system built during the Ming and Qing dynasties, with extra work done after 1949, it works effectively despite its 600-year age. No matter how heavy the rain, there is no flooding in the Forbidden City. I wonder if one should celebrate the wisdom of our ancestors or be ashamed of our own stupidity?

There was a wave of skepticism regarding the quality of Beijing's drainage system in 2011. The Beijing Drainage Group admitted that only the drainage systems of the eastern and western sections of the city moat, Tiananmen Square and the Olympic Park are up for the challenge of once-in-a-decade rainfalls, while most other areas can f

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