As of Wednesday, the floods had displaced 490,000 people in Sichuan, damaged 165,000 hectares of cropland, destroyed 2,155 buildings and caused Rmb16.4bn ($2.37bn) in direct economic losses, according to statistics from the official national disaster database.
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Damn, I helped start up a new plant in Liuzhou, Guangxi several years ago, and have friends there. Also a really good friend in Chengdu, Sichuan, and I'm currently working on a new plant in Chongqing, Sichuan.
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Liuzhou friend says it's raining and river is high but no flooding.
Chengdu friend says it's OK now, but government will have to step in a to help fix things. The humanitarian relief agency she works for can't do much. They help kids after disasters building schools and libraries and such.
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