Rare victory for protesters (China

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I'm surprised these protesters didn't get an up-close and personal view of the bottom of a tank tread.

Well, people downstream of Three Gorges are going to be starring in a disaster movie...
I've read where it is already showing signs of failing...
Supposedly inferior concrete was used,
not enough rebar,
cooling for concrete curing temp's inadequate, etc...

Rare victory for protesters Agence France-Presse / News24.com, November 19, 2004 China has suspended work on the Pubugou dam project and fired at least one Communist Party official following recent large-scale demonstrations, residents said Friday. www.threegorgesprobe.org/tgp/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=11891

Mouse that roared over Tiger Leaping Gorge by Josephine Ma, South China Morning Post, November 19, 2004 'The [dam] proposal was drawn by kids sitting in the office and they don't know the actual situation. ... And when it reaches the State Council, the leaders don't know the situation and approve it,' says Yunnan farmer Ge Quanxiao.

Beijing moves in to defuse dam crisis South China Morning Post, November 18, 2004 The central government has stepped in and sacked a number of local officials accused of ignoring the plight of people slated to be moved for the Pubugou dam.

China halts dam, sacks official after protests by Lindsay Beck, Reuters, November 18, 2004 The punishment of a county official in the Pubugou dam case suggests the leadership is keen to reinforce a message of accountability, which became a priority in the months after President Hu Jintao took office.

China tries to calm dam protests by Louisa Lim, BBC News Online, November 18, 2004 China has sacked at least one Communist Party official and suspended work on the controversial Pubugou dam after one of the largest rural protests in recent years.

Three Gorges project completes power generation target ahead of schedule Xinhua, November 15, 2004 The Three Gorges dam has completed its electricity-generation target for this year 48 days ahead of schedule, the project authority reports.

This dam project has been conducted like a Chineese fire drill...

That damn dam is stopping me from visiting China......it just seems like a DISASTER waitng to happen! The audacity in this is mindbogglng.

Water gushes from more than 20 open sluice gates on the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Hubei Province, in this September 9, 2004 file photo. Yangtze Power, which oversees China's sprawling Three Gorges Dam electric project, posted a third-quarter profit of 969.87 million yuan ($117.2 million) on October 22, 2004 as it raced to feed galloping power demand. For the first nine months of 2004, the company -- China's most valuable power utility -- reported a net profit of 2.37 billion yuan, it said in a statement in the official Shanghai Securities News. REUTERS/China Photos/Files

An evacuated and soon-to-be-flooded ancient Buddhist temple lies by the edge of the Yangtze River in Qutang Gorge, one China's famed Three Gorges. (Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images)

Power to the people!

I'm truly impressed.

Next stop:

Freedom of worship for adherents to Falun Dafa and democratic representation for the people of Hong Kong.

Freedom of worship for adherents to Falun Dafa and democratic representation for the people of ~~Hong Kong~~ the so-called Peoples' Republic Of China.

What a wonderful setting.