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Looming at over 230 feet tall, the behemoth Leshan Giant Buddha is by far the tallest Buddha statue in the world. It is a stalwart sentinel, overlooking the tempestuous waters where the Dadu, Minjiang ...

Beijing — Heavy rainfall has swelled China's Yangtze River, threatening UNESCO World Heritage Sites and forcing officials to reassure nervous citizens that the world's largest hydroelectric dam isn't ...

Floods in mountainous southwestern China have washed away roads, leaving many people stranded without food or water, and forced over 100,000 others to be evacuated from the cities of Ya’an and ...

On August 18, 2020, flood waters threatened the Leshan Giant Buddha following heavy rains in Leshan in China's southwestern Sichuan province, where thousands of residents have been displaced by rising ...

The Leshan Giant Buddha, in China, is the tallest Buddha sculpture in the world. It's carved into the side of a cliff and is a whopping 71-meters tall. Tech CEO abruptly shuts down Trump over remark ...

The Leshan Giant Buddha, or Lingyun Giant Buddha, is the sculpture of a seated Maitreya Buddha located at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in southern Sichuan Province, close to ...

Carved into Lingyun Mountain in China’s Sichuan province, the Leshan Giant Buddha dates back to the eighth century. (xiquinhosilva/Flickr) As of mid-last week, the water started to recede from the ...

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