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The Three Gorges Dam is 607 feet high and 6500 feet wide. Construction began in 1993 and finished in 2009 at a cost of $35 Billion. Additional locks will be built for another $5 Billion. Chang Jiang in Chinese means Long River. We know it as the Yangtze.
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Scale model of dam area
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Locks at dam
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View at top of dam
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We wonder what it costs to light up bridges, etc. Look closely and you will see sharks.
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Shanghai with the three tallest structures in the background, the tallest 120 stories. Where else would you have the world’s largest Starbucks but in a city of 25 million? They claim to be the world’s largest port. The city produces 75% of China’s silk having the perfect climate for mulberry trees. Beijing is the political capital of China; Shanghai and Hong Kong compete for the claim as economic capital.
As we tour Shanghai tomorrow, only two more full days in China.