Three Gorges Dam Project Impresses Foreign Tourists

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Three Gorges Dam Project Impresses Foreign Tourists

The massive Three Gorges dam project on China's longest waterway, the Yangtze River, has impressed foreign tourists recently visiting the river and dam site.

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Three Gorges Dam Project Impresses Foreign Tourists

The massive Three Gorges dam project on China's longest waterway, the Yangtze River, has impressed foreign tourists recently visiting the river and dam site.

Gisela Hiot, a noted German architect, said he envied Chinese engineers who had the chance to work on such a gigantic project.

His friend Julia Wedel, also an architect working in London, said it was admirable to conserve water and produce hydroelectic power on the huge river.

She said she was worried before she came here that such a massive project would affect the environment and local residents' lives.

However, after seeing the contrast between the row up row of new houses for people displaced from the project area and their former shabby, dilapidated homes, she expressed her belief that the Chinese government had kept its promise to improve their lives.

Her impression was shared by Jean Macdonald, from the United States, who said what impressed her most was the peace and tranquillity of local people's lives along the beautiful river.

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