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ending in 2009.

This is the biggest dam

that has ever been made in the world

and probably ever will be made.

There are three main functions

of the dam.

The first is to avoid floods.

That's the most crucial function.

The second

is to generate electricity.

The third

is to improve transportation.

That's it.

The full length of the dam

is 2,309 metres.

There will be

as well as 6 underground generators,

as back-up, which makes 32 total.

Each one generates 700,000 kW,

with a total capacity of 22,400,000 kW

which supplies 84.7 billion kWh per year.

How many people have to relocate

due to the construction of the dam?

According to the statistics

we got in the 1 992 census, 830,000,

but considering population growth,

the actual amount is around 1,1 00,000.

Are these people content

with their new homes?

Do not ask me this question.

I'm not in charge of this.

Yangtze RiverCities,

China, 2002

It's a very broad view.

It's hard to see the details.

Because our country was poor in the

past, people's life standards were low.

Compared with the old city,

the new city has been improved

regarding the scale

and construction quality.

Generally speaking, life quality

has been improved as well.

Because people feel happy

about the fresh environment.

You have so much free time

that you can wash your dog?

These houses were

basically old houses.

We were old neighbours.

We've been neighbours for decades.

My father and mother grew up here...

and I was born here.

I'm more than 60 years old now.

Go further. You will find

an interesting place to shoot.

They came door to door

to persuade you to move, one by one;

sometimes they

deceived people into going.

Sometimes they coaxed them.

Often they beat people up.

One guy here got broken bones.

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