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A villager sets a foot into a widening rift in Zhoutian Township, Huichang County in east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 26, 2010. A land cave-in had prompted the evacuation of more than 800 villagers by Saturday evening in Zhoutian, local authorities said. With a diameter of 50 meters and a maximum depth of 5 meters, the cave-in occurred 8:40 p.m. Thursday in Zhoutian Township, said a local government spokesman. [Xinhua] |
![A villager sets a foot into a widening rift in Zhoutian Township, Huichang County in east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 26, 2010. A land cave-in had prompted the evacuation of more than 800 villagers by Saturday evening in Zhoutian, local authorities said. With a diameter of 50 meters and a maximum depth of 5 meters, the cave-in occurred 8:40 p.m. Thursday in Zhoutian Township, said a local government spokesman. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20101227/000bcdb95f1d0e82280c02.jpg "A villager sets a foot into a widening rift in Zhoutian Township, Huichang County in east China's Jiangxi Province, Dec. 26, 2010. A land cave-in had prompted the evacuation of more than 800 villagers by Saturday evening in Zhoutian, local authorities said. With a diameter of 50 meters and a maximum depth of 5 meters, the cave-in occurred 8:40 p.m. Thursday in Zhoutian Township, said a local government spokesman. [Xinhua]")
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