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Dec 14: The Red Flag Canal to nowhere

FT Beijing correspondent Jamil Anderlini delves through the film archive and talks to the men who built the Red Flag Canal in the 1960s; the Chinese communist government under Chairman Mao proclaimed it the "Eighth Wonder of the World". But today environmentalists say its detrimental impact on water depletion has lessons for China's current water diversification project. Produced and edited by Edward Cheng. Assistant producer Andy Ho.