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Reuters: China relocated 1.3 million people during the 17 years it took to complete the Three Gorges dam. Even after finishing the $59 billion project last month, the threat of landslides along the dam's banks will force tens of thousands to move again.
It's a reminder of the social and environmental challenges that have dogged the world's largest hydroelectric project. While there has been little protest among residents who will be relocated a second time, the environmental fallout over other big investments......
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Thousands being moved from China’s Three Gorges – again
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 22nd, 2012
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