Meaning of Sanmenhsia | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“The silt-laden, unnavigable Huang many times has broken through its dikes and changed its course, bringing famine with flood⟳. In recent years the Chinese have⟳ tried to harness its power by building giant hydroelectric dams, notably at Sanmenhsia in Honan Province and at Liuchia Gorge near Lanchow. But work⟳ came to a standstill with the departure of Russian engineers in 1960.”

“In July, 1960, the dispute caused the Soviet Union to withdraw⟳ some 1,300 experts from China, crippling such enterprises as the Ch’angch’un automobile factory and the Sanmenhsia hydroelectric project (intended to produce⟳ the power for making fissionable materials).”

“Despite the tremendous need⟳ of many Chinese organizations for technical assistance, and despite repeated statements of Chinese representatives concerning “losses” supposedly suffered by China as a result⟳ of the recall⟳ of Soviet specialists, the government of the PRC forwarded only two such requests in all of 1961; one for four specialists to assist in the installation of the equipment in the Sanmenhsia hydroelectric plant⟳, and one for seven specialists to instruct in the piloting of aircraft used in agriculture.”

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