China officials saw landslide risks before disaster
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Chris Buckley reports for Reuters on the recent landslides in China, which according to officials could have been avoided, warning for years that heavy tree-felling and rapid hydro development were making a mountain area struck by China's deadliest mudslide in decades vulnerable to flooding and land slips.
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