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 | China Three Gorges project: Workers build a 185-metre-high embankment to prepare for rising water levels of the Yangtze River in Maoping May 31, 2003. China blocked the massive Yangtze River on Sunday, starting to fill a reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project. click to open  |  | China Three Gorges project: Chinese tourists visit the main dam of the Three Gorges project in Yichang, Hubei Province, June 1, 2003. China blocked the massive Yangtze River on Sunday, starting to fill a reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project that is a point of national pride but which critics fear will become an environmental nightmare. The water level is expected to reach 135 meters (443 ft) by June 15. click to open  |  | China Three Gorges project: A Chinese boy looks at the Yangtze River near the main dam of the Three Gorges project in Yichang, Hubei Province, May 31, 2003. China blocked the massive Yangtze River on Sunday, starting to fill a reservoir for the world's biggest hydroelectric project. The water level is expected to reach 135 meters (443 ft) by June 15. click to open  |  | The controversial Three Gorge Dam project was endorsed by the Seventh National Congress meeting on April 3rd 1992. The photo shown the construction site of world's largest river dam project. click to open  |
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