Up The Yangtze

The Three Gorges Dam, in China, is the world's largest producer of hydroelectric power. Though it has brought about many new economic strengths to the country, there have also been many downfalls. One of the main issues is the relocation of people and resources throughout China as a result of the construction of the dam. Throughout the process, there have been over 1.3 million people along with 13+ cities relocated or separated.  

Three Gorges Dam

As we watched the movie Up The Yangtze, some of the reasoning behind the citizens' support for the dam became a little more comprehendible. The dam was built to bring lots of clean and pure energy to the country and the world. The citizens which were relocated saw this as a very good thing for their country, thus making them want to give up everything they had ever worked towards building. Though they lost their homes, they saw it as working towards the greater good of the society that they lived in so that progress could be made.