The river meanders through the gorges.

这河曲曲弯弯地流过峡谷。

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The geological claim is that the gorges were created some 70 million years ago by massive water erosion.

通过地质考察发现这些峡谷是大约70亿年前由大量的水的侵蚀而形成的。

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When only 16 years old, Tong first sailed through the gorges as a crewman. On that trip, his boat was dashed to pieces.

佟船长16岁时，就当船员，首次航行三峡。那趟航程的船被撞成碎片。

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On his most recent visit to the dam site, in October, Mr Li sang his familiar song of praise for the Three Gorges: the dam had sound science and public support behind it.

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Like the Great Wall or, more recently, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River it's a classic imperial project, still possible under China's one-party system.

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First, China is not a monolith, and decision-making there can also be painfully slow (for example, the Three Gorges project was first mooted in the 1920s).

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