Soldiers move sandbags for dike reinforcement at Nanxian county, Yueyang city in Hunan province in 1998. (Photo: Yang Shizhong/Asianews Photo)

Armed policemen move sandbags for dike reinforcement in Poyang county, Jiangxi province, on July 12, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

Soldiers and officers of the People's Liberation Army carry sandbags to the embankments of the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River in Hubei province in 1998. (File photo: Xinhua)