China and the Amazing Yangtze River

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CHINA AND THE AMAZING YANGTZE RIVER Fall of 2007

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CHINA AND THE AMAZING YANGTZE RIVER

Fall of 2007

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1.3 billion people

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The Yangtze River

-3rd longest river in the World-Series of 13 reservoirs -No free flower section of river.

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Hydroelectric Power

-China is undergoing the largest project since the Great Wall

-There are more dams in China than any other country in the World.

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This is my story.

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These are only a few of the millions of people who had to relocate because of the dams...

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Green?

How is killing a river and destroying countless ecosystems green?

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Vital Films presents;

Facing East

By Cael Jones, Matt Hobbs, Sam Fulbright and Tino Spetch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJI-9Q_szMhttp://vimeo.com/12190621