Discover the incredible story behind the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydroelectric gravity dam in the world and a true symbol of modern engineering excellence. Built across China ...

The dam creates a reservoir that stretches back along the Yangtze ... river became even more toxic and polluted than it already was. The government pledged wastewater plants, which came 10 years ...

Despite its controversies, the dam has successfully prevented major floods. Before it was built, the Yangtze River caused devastating floods every 10 years. Now, with a 405-square-mile reservoir ...

Zhou, 61, said all his ancestors lived along the Yangtze, so he has a special feeling for the "mother river". After graduating ... to remove them before they reached the dam.