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Mask of China Three Gorges Dam | Three Gorges Dam |
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| Written by Derrick Chang | |
| Monday, 19 November 2007 | |
See below for larger images. "Chongqing": The city of Chongqing is the starting point of cruises along the Yangtze river that pass through the Three Gorges Dam.  "Destruction": All along the Yangtze river the damage caused by flooding and construction filled the air.  "Too little, too late": With billions of dollars spent on anti-pollution efforts, this pathetic one man cleaning crew was all we saw of these anti-pollution efforts in three days.  "Still some beauty left": The mini-three gorges are gorges away from the main Yangtze river. Smaller cruise boats take tourists to view caves and other cultural relics that have not (yet) been destroyed by rising water levels.  "Mighty dam": While the dam was impressive from an engineering point of view, the water pollution and silt buildup in the water visible to the naked eye was not.  "Slowdown": A series of locks have been constructed to deal with the rising water levels. This has often slowed down shipping movements to a crawl on the river. Click on the thumbnails below for a larger view:        Comments (1)
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Derrick is a Hong Kong-based photographer specializing in travel, street photography and photojournalism. His images have been published regularly in Southern Weekend newspaper headquartered in Guangzhou, China as well as the Asia Sentinel online magazine.
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Just to say, we saw "Up the Yangtze" a couple of weeks ago. A documentary by a Canadian Chinese, thought provokingly filmed. The documentary received some award at the Sundance Film Fest, and I think the Toronto Film Fest. Check it out if you happen to come across it. It is independently produced, and will not have a wide distribution.
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Jackie