No flood danger at China quake-lake A dam blocking a swollen "quake lake", which could threaten the lives of 1.3 million people in southwest China, is in no danger of imminent collapse, state media said Saturday, as workers began to drain the water. China braces as quake lake reaches 'critical' level China braced Saturday for the breach of a dangerously swollen lake in the earthquake-hit southwest, with water reaching a critical level and set to put an emergency drainage plan to the test. Deadline looms for Tibetan mobs to surrender Tibet's governor denounced anti-Chinese protesters as criminals and threatened harsh consequences for those who do not turn themselves in by a midnight deadline Monday. More clashes erupted in other Chinese provinces.
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