Thursday, September 13, 2007

We had the opportunity to visit an apartment that will be flooded when the Dam is fully complete and also one of the condominiums that a relocated family moved into. What a difference. I thought living in Mexico could be “primitive” at times but these people were living in apartments that barely could be called living quarters. The new condos are small but offer much better living conditions. There will be another 1.4 MILLION people relocated once the dam in completed. There will be 108 sites of cultural and historical importance lost. The Dam will provide 15% of China’s energy, reduce the severity of flooding by 90% and allow passage of 10,000-ton ships to Chongqing. For the people of China, this is certainly a project to be proud of.




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