A Chinese Villager Living Along The Yangtze River Transports Water Near Yichang
Date: 05-Sep-02
Country: CHINA
Author: ASW
Photo: GUANG NIU
The area will be submerged when the entire Three Gorges Dam project is completed around 2009. More than 1.13 million residents in the Three Gorges area are being displaced by the project, which aims to control the country's mighty Yangtze River and generate electricity.
The Three Gorges Dam project is thought to have cost more than any other single construction project in China's history, with unofficial estimates as high as $75 billion or more. Picture taken August 28, 2002.
