Report: Yangtze water worsening
April 15, 2007
Top of Three Gorges Dam
Opens to Public
Xinhua News, July 2, 2005 -
More than 100 former residents of the
Three Gorges Dam area ascended the top of the Three Gorges Project, world's
largest hydroelectric project, Friday morning, becoming the first batch of
visitors to the 185-meter-high platform. (full
coverage)
Three Gorges Dam will open to
tourists in May
Chinanews,
Apr. 11, 2005
- Informed sources at the China Three Gorges Project Corporation (CTGPC)
disclosed on Apr. 9th that the top of the Three Gorges left-bank dam would
officially open to tourists during the May Day holiday. Visitors from home and
abroad will be able to take in the world's largest water
conservancy project. The first and second phases of the project have
already completed construction. The top of the left-bank dam and the spillway
section reach as high as 185 meters above sea level, and the left-bank dam
section is more than 1640 meters long. The splendid structure towers over the
river like huge dragons. Heretofore, tourists were not allowed to step on the
dam, but could only marvel at the magnificent view from afar.
Wild rides in China
Cleveland.com Charles Ridgway Special to The Plain
Dealer - From a Yangtze cruise to a roller-coaster taxi trip, a
fascinating country opens up... (full
story)
50 Cruise Liners to Visit Shanghai
2005
Shanghai Daily
Feb. 7, 2005 -
The new year's first luxury cruise ship,
Panama Topaz, anchored at the Waigaoqiao Port in the wee hours of yesterday
morning, bringing the largest overseas tour party to the city since January. The
tourist ship carries 940 tourists, mostly from Japan, who will spend two days in
the city. Local immigration officials estimated more than 50 such luxury cruise
ships will stop by the city this year and they are working on simplifying the
custom procedures to offer the sea tourists more convenience. About 50 overseas
luxury passenger liners traveled to Shanghai last year, bringing in more than
25,000 tourists.
China’s ‘Three Gorges’ Tourist Industry Loses Customers
The Epoch Times, Oct. 5, 2004 - The “Three Gorges” tours, the
hottest travel routes in China at any given time, has become
exceptionally cold in this year’s travel market. The average number of
people leaving the port this summer is less than 800; this breaks the
record for the lowest in 14 years. (Full
story)
China's
Ghost Town Vanishes
BBC, UK Sep. 5, 2003 - The Yangtze River lies at the heart of
Chinese civilisation. Some of the earliest artefacts of Chinese
history were found on its banks, and the river is a central theme that
runs through Chinese literature....
New
rules: Traffic lanes set for ships in Yangtze
China Daily, July 22, 2004 - For hundreds of years, vessels
large and small have sailed along the current on either side of the Yangtze
River when going downstream but looking for the path of least resistance when
going upstream. Before long, however, all vessels will have to deal with new
traffic rules that go against many old habits. Following international norms,
all vessels will have to navigate on the right, just as vehicles do on roads in
many countries...
Yangtze dams pushing wildlife to verge of extinction
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, June 23, 2004 - Geneva: China's longest
river, the Yangtze, has become the world's most endangered river because of
heavy damming, with native species including a rare breed of dolphin headed for
extinction, the environmental pressure group WWF said yesterday. WWF warned in
its report that the wildlife of the Yangtze, which rises in the Tibetan
highlands and flows 5,550 kilometres across the
country into the East China Sea, was under serious threat...
Cruises 
