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The battle against the worst flooding in decades has reached a crucial moment, with surging flood water inundating China's largest oilfield in the northeast and the seventh flood crest forming on the Yangtze River in the south.
Millions of weary civilians and soldiers continue to battle flooding and additional military units are being deployed to assist in the effort.
More than 130,000 Chinese soldiers and members of armed police units have joined some two million militiamen in the...