Three Gorges Locks

A pair of five-stage locks pass traffic up and down the Yangtze River. The height difference is 113m. A "ship elevator" has been built for smaller ships up to 3,000t, but the design was faulty and it's not yet in operation.

Disembark after the Three Gorges Dam

May 12th 2014
Geo: 30.7, 111.28Had an interesting guide who loves the new President Xi. Xi has sacked a lot of corrupt civil servants and shows promise in taking meaningful steps to reduce the pollution problem.The Three Gorges Dam was impressive, as is all of the major infrastructure we have seen. However, 1.3M Chinese were displaced due to the dam and generally they are not happy with their new lives. ... read more

Asia » China » Hubei » Yichang

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

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