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Three Gorges

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April 7th 2013
Hello everyone, The Three Gorges Dam project was the largest construction project in the world. More of the Yangtze was made navigable between key centres. The increased water height also made it safer for ships to pass between the gorges. The project took seventeen years and cost 27 billion US. The damn is 2.3 kilometres long. There are 32 turbine generators. The electric p ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more