Publicly, the authorities have assured China’s citizens and the rest of the world that the Three Gorges dam will be environmentally safe and economically viable, and that it will even contribute ...

T he Three Gorges Dam, a colossal structure spanning the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province, has long been a subject of ...

The Three Gorges Dam, China’s marvel on the Yangtze River, is one of the world’s largest engineering projects—the product of 37 million cubic yards of concrete. Its final feature ...

The Three Gorges Dam, China’s largest, is on high alert as floods triggered by torrential rains wreak havoc in the southwestern part of the country. Record rainfall in Chongqing has caused ...

China's middle class The realities of a market economy are often far from rosy -- as China is finding out : Three Gorges Dam It's one of the world's largest and most ambitious con ...

SHANGHAI--Water levels at China’s giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river are inching closer to their maximum after torrential rains raised inflows to a record high, official data showed on ...

As China counts the costs of its most punishing flood season in more than three decades, the role played by the massive and controversial Three Gorges Dam - designed to help tame the Yangtze river ...