A soldier checks a military speedboat on the back of an army vehicle along a road, in preparation for rescue efforts related to the Tangjiashan quake lake, in the town of Jiuling, in earthquake-hit Jiangyou county, Sichuan Province June 7, 2008. Chinese troops began easing pressure on the dangerously swollen "quake lake" on Saturday, with water gushing into a man-made sluice in an operation monitored by satellite. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA)