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May 30, 2010 Chinese dam causes quakes and landslides Michael Sheridan and Richard Jones Roads are cracked in the Huang Gu Po district of Badong on the lower reaches of the Three Gorges Dam Some of the damage caused can be seen in Badong The Three Gorges dam was so vast and sweeping a vision that nothing could stand in its way. Not the old cities of the Yangtze valley, storehouses of human toil and treasure for more than a thousand years. Not the lush, low-lying farmlands, nor the villages, nor even the pagodas and temples that graced the riverbanks....

Three Gorges Dam, Chinese Pollution Threatens to Turn West Sea into ‘Dead Sea’ With China’s construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River and rapid construction of industrial complexes in China’s eastern regions, some are pointing out that the West Sea (Yellow Sea) could soon become a “Dead Sea” as contaminated materials flow into the body of water. When construction on the Three Gorges Dam is completed in 2009, the amount of fresh water emptying into the West Sea from the Yangzi River would diminish and raise the salinity of the sea, bringing about changes in ecology. With...