The Yangtze is already home to the world's biggest dam, at Three Gorges, and researchers have said scores of other DAMS are planned for the river and its tributaries.

长江上已经修建了全世界最大的三峡大坝，研究人员说，长江及其支流还有几十座大坝正在规划中。

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The homes of nearly 1.4 million people have been flooded under the 400-mile reservoir created by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

长江三峡大坝建设所形成的400英里长库区已经淹没了近140万人的家园。

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However, some of those projects, such as the gigantic Three Gorges project on the Yangtze River, due to start generating power in 2009, have created a separate set of environmental problems.

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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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At the end of a Yangtze cruise, you can also visit The Three Gorges Dam, which is one of the most spectacular modern engineering feats.

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