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Yangtze River stretches nearly 4,000 miles from its source in the
Himalayan Mountains eastward to the Yellow Sea covering a region
that is home to more than 320 million people. In your quest to develop
a policy briefing on this issue, you will find no shortage of data
sources - many of which will present conflicting viewpoints. Your
job is to collect information from a variety of sources and present
these viewpoints objectively.
This
policy briefing should include data cited from reliable sources
and specific information about names, dates and places - the "who,
what, when, where, how" of the issue. We have provided links
to some information that you may find helpful on the pages listed
below, but you may also feel free to seek other information on your
own. Just be sure to include citations of where you found the information
in your story.
An Overview What's Happening
Now
News
accounts from China and the western media, documentary
coverage of the region...
Dam
under construction, shortly before it spanned the
river in 2002. Photo by S. Connell |
Photo Gallery
- Photos
from the Author's Recent Tour of the Region
Chinese News Media
- Home
Page --- People' Daily Online English Edition
CHINADAILY.COM
- The online version of the English language
daily newspaper for China
Model
of Yangtze River Dam at Site
US and International News and Analysis
Great
Wall Across the Yangtze
Online
NewsHour: Three Gorges Dam - October 8...
Three
Gorges Probe - Probe International
Yangtze
River Three Gorges Tour
Yangtze
River Dam
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Background Information
Historical
perspectives, archeological sites, geological data...
Satellite
photo of the Yangtze River Dam area courtesy of
NASA |
Historical Context
History
Lost to Yangtze Damming
Great
Wall Across the Yangtze
Yangtze
River Dam
Geographical Context
Yangtze
River Three Gorges Tour
International
Rivers Network
- an ecological overview of the area and the
effects of the dam on the Yangtze River region
Visible
Earth - Flooding in Central China - NASA
satellite photos of the region during flooding
events and at various other times over several
years
Mountains
and Rivers in China
An
introductionto Yangze River, Three Gorges
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Resources to Assist
with Your Investigation
Maps,
charts, engineering information, weather patterns...
Map
of China from clipart.com |
General
Great
Wall Across the Yangtze - Companion website
for a PBS documentary about the Three gorges
Dam Project
Three
Gorges Dam Project China: Yangtze River Tour
- Tourist information from a Chinese perspective
from YangtzeRiverTour.com, the largest source
of travel-related, practical information for
both business travelers and sightseeing tourists
visiting China.
Three
Gorges Dam Project - Business-oriented information
from chinaonline.com, an online news and analysis
website that provides business information on
China
Engineering
The
Civil Engineering Portal - Big Project Watch
- an engineering overview of the project with
facts and figures about the dam's physical characteristics
Geophysical
International
Rivers Network
- an ecological overview of the area and the
effects of the dam on the Yangtze River region
Visible
Earth - Flooding in Central China - NASA
satellite photos of the region during flooding
events and at various other times over several
years
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