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... Three Gorges . LaBounty writes : " The significance of this area to the Chinese cannot be understood by people unfamiliar with China , the sadness that some events , such as a flooding , have brought to the Chinese is also significant ...
... Three Gorges . LaBounty writes : " The significance of this area to the Chinese cannot be understood by people unfamiliar with China , the sadness that some events , such as a flooding , have brought to the Chinese is also significant ...
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... Three Gorges at San- douping , would create a reservoir nearly 650 kilome- tres long . This would inundate the Gorges , displace a million people , drown nineteen counties and cities , and cost ( according to calculations released in ...
... Three Gorges at San- douping , would create a reservoir nearly 650 kilome- tres long . This would inundate the Gorges , displace a million people , drown nineteen counties and cities , and cost ( according to calculations released in ...
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... Three Gorges Project should pro- ceed at an early stage . Chapter 2 , which reviews the study summarily , demonstrates that it is misleading in virtually every way : a texture of intellectual sloppiness , conceal- ment and evasion ...
... Three Gorges Project should pro- ceed at an early stage . Chapter 2 , which reviews the study summarily , demonstrates that it is misleading in virtually every way : a texture of intellectual sloppiness , conceal- ment and evasion ...
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