China's Three Gorges Dam: the disaster project | Revisited • FRANCE 24 English

A decade ago, China finished construction of the largest, most expensive, most powerful and most controversial dam in the world: the Three Gorges Dam. The figures are staggering: 185 metres high, more than 2 kilometres long and a total of 27 million cubic metres of concrete poured into a structure that ended up costing the record sum of 23 billion euros. But this oversized project has caused a series of environmental and human disasters. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Antoine Védeilhé reports from China’s Yangtze valley.
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  • @pablo-fg3mo
    @pablo-fg3mo Жыл бұрын

    For ya'll who want a summary of the important bits, here's the balanced argument I made for homework: Although the dam is good for controlling water flow and floods, it has caused problems in many ways, 1. The Chinese government has forced 1.4 million people out to build the dam, this caused problems because those civilians were not given money or good land to live on, the lucky ones that did get money didn't get much. 2. The dam has hurt China's ecosystem as it has change the way of living for many animal species even going so far to wipe them out. You could make the argument to build the dam as a good patriotic symbol for China which could show China's strength and integrity, which many people are proud of and want to be connected to. The dam has increased electricity production equal to 15 nuclear plants! The Chinese government has silenced the people speaking out and has denied satelite pictures regarding the dams structural integrity and blueprints due the to dent found on the river.

  • @Ethan-pc8mf

    @Ethan-pc8mf

    4 ай бұрын

    doing hw on this rn, ur the best

  • @sirlarringtons5143

    @sirlarringtons5143

    Ай бұрын

    bro thank you so much, i hope you have an amazing day today

  • @sgpleasure
    @sgpleasure2 жыл бұрын

    When the dam was built we all knew the following: Benefits: 1. Increase electricity 2. Able to control the flow which means more water during draughts Costs: 1. Ecological diversity The benefits outweighted the costs and hence the project went ahead. So now years later what's new have we learned? What's with the dramatic title? Other 'drastic consequences' are just nonstarter 1. People were forced to moved out. This has to be accepted as part of development 2. Water is more polluted because of slower moving water. Solve pollution at the source. 3. Dam going to burst. That's a seperate issue. If the water level is too high excess water can be released.

  • @user-vv4df8cj2x

    @user-vv4df8cj2x

    2 жыл бұрын

    West government is embarrassed by Chinese great infrastructure development, they can’t get anything done in their own country, so feeding their people with negativity about China becomes very important.

  • @ausenciomartinez-olvidares1294
    @ausenciomartinez-olvidares12943 жыл бұрын

    A collapse of the structure could have DAMming consequences...

  • @pilotactor777

    @pilotactor777

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @762459

    @762459

    2 жыл бұрын

    DAMnnnnnn

  • @robertoaguiar6230

    @robertoaguiar6230

    2 жыл бұрын

    DAMn...

  • @kamakiapeter7815

    @kamakiapeter7815

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can be said of any dam.

  • @deconteesawyer5758

    @deconteesawyer5758

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's the best dam comment.

  • @annabounsing8544
    @annabounsing85443 жыл бұрын

    People in Laos is going through the same dilemma! Moving away from their home and don't even received any money from their government,very sad😔😔

  • @borisquince6302
    @borisquince63023 жыл бұрын

    But honestly, this dam has done much more good. Stable power, less carbon pollution and more economic activity. This is a hit piece on China. Show the other side too.

  • @pilotactor777

    @pilotactor777

    3 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @markmitchell450

    @markmitchell450

    3 жыл бұрын

    It answers maybe problems yet creates just as many new ones

  • @bishalscreation

    @bishalscreation

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree very well 😊

  • @LemturChanucollection

    @LemturChanucollection

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ya tis is da problm. People like u only think about economic. I hope you can survive with ur economic wealth without any ecology.

  • @TheeRomantic

    @TheeRomantic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't think it's sable

  • @debbiedenman1008
    @debbiedenman10083 жыл бұрын

    They said 'No more power outages' that's a joke.

  • @stolenaccount1424

    @stolenaccount1424

    3 жыл бұрын

    George Bush Sr. said read my lips, "No new taxes"...That was a joke too.

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stolenaccount1424 poor Washington, if only we listened to him

  • @MagickalMermaid
    @MagickalMermaid3 жыл бұрын

    "The Chinese government is hiding something..." The Rest of the Planet: "Duuuuhhhh!" 🙄

  • @Inevitable.Doom.

    @Inevitable.Doom.

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean every government is hiding something

  • @oscarchute5702

    @oscarchute5702

    3 жыл бұрын

    It reminds me of the Weapon of Mass Destruction in Iraq. All Government lie.

  • @stolenaccount1424

    @stolenaccount1424

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Inevitable.Doom. Yeah, the bankers math problems, that they print money out of thin air to pay all their thugs off.

  • @spikey1821
    @spikey18213 жыл бұрын

    This document focused mainly on the negative side of the project.

  • @erictirado147

    @erictirado147

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tell me the long term benefits

  • @vorlon81

    @vorlon81

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@erictirado147 Clean Power, Flood Control. Did you even watch the Entirety of this Vid?

  • @erictirado147

    @erictirado147

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vorlon81 yes, but I'm speaking long term.

  • @vorlon81

    @vorlon81

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@erictirado147 Either way you and i wont be here to see the Effects. So why Bother.

  • @cby1309

    @cby1309

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@vorlon81 they also open it and let it flood and kill many. They are more worried about their ancient relics than the people

  • @bg24955
    @bg249553 жыл бұрын

    the dam can supply 20% France’s electricity.

  • @faith_alone

    @faith_alone

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not when its floating down the Yangtze River in 10,000 pieces

  • @nopenotme7164

    @nopenotme7164

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@faith_alone well, it is still there so lol

  • @faith_alone

    @faith_alone

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nopenotme7164 well, they've spent over a hundred million dollars repairing it so lol

  • @nopenotme7164

    @nopenotme7164

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@faith_alone well, I had conducted some research and this is what the source said: "it now faces the potential for major catastrophe due to massive rains" it didn't mention anything about the damage of the dam so lol

  • @faith_alone

    @faith_alone

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nopenotme7164 Thats because they'd have to steal about 10 billion from their people to fix it properly so lol

  • @twohorse123
    @twohorse1233 жыл бұрын

    The narrator sounded dissappointed that the dam hasnt collapsed yet. Surely project of this scale will affect some adversely and the majority positively. If everybody has to be with happy with every major national project, nothing will be achieved.

  • @Kemet3.0

    @Kemet3.0

    3 жыл бұрын

    However, this dam has a globe effect, not just on China. When they confirmed this dam is slowing down the earth rotation speed. Then we have a problem with China. I hate to say ‘ China way of life is now affecting other beyond it’s borders. They continue to build mega projects without thinking of adverse disasters it continue to create on all ecosystems. Overfishing,drilling, building, cutting down too many trees. Causing mudslides and flooding. I have a tall list of things to point out.

  • @twohorse123

    @twohorse123

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kemet3.0 pure jealousy.

  • @RedFighterNL

    @RedFighterNL

    3 жыл бұрын

    Will affect some adversely? People were basically removed from their land with barely any compensation. This is not limited to this dam however, it is almost common practice for the CCP to force citizens to relocate.

  • @ranjandash7523

    @ranjandash7523

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RedFighterNL it is same for democratic country also... such as India some will get compensation while don't get Orin they get something do only look for spending it whole sum and atlas..complain Govt. don't care for Us..haha...it happens in these huge countries.

  • @user-wm1ku2bt4c

    @user-wm1ku2bt4c

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@RedFighterNL lies

  • @telikunigussiehailu9998
    @telikunigussiehailu99983 жыл бұрын

    Europe with all the negativity towards Asia and Africa. FYI... China's GDP is more than UK+Germany+France+Italy+Spain. Keep on braggin'

  • @ayeitzdj
    @ayeitzdj3 жыл бұрын

    Even with people praying on this dams downfall this baby still holds strong 💪.

  • @cby1309

    @cby1309

    3 жыл бұрын

    I sincerely do not pray for the demise of the dam. I feel horrible that the China government has harmed it's own people

  • @Killerkolt75

    @Killerkolt75

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@843idfa yea they harmed there own people during the cultural revolution and all the electricity generated by the dams comes at the expense of the people who live downstream of these dams... are you part of the 50 cent army? LOL

  • @843idfa

    @843idfa

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Killerkolt75 Look who’s harming they’re own people with vaccines and lockdowns. There’s no fake virus in China or N. Korea. People are free and prosperous.

  • @systembypass6930

    @systembypass6930

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@843idfa i think you might be a communist spy.

  • @843idfa

    @843idfa

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@systembypass6930 I think you can’t decide for yourself if communists are indeed bad that’s why the Hollywood elite and media moguls have to decide everything for you.

  • @cybourne5910
    @cybourne59103 жыл бұрын

    Why France 24 cares about a DAM from a far East country? Don't you have a lot more to care about like covid, yellow vast, nuclear hazard or global warming?

  • @barbarakiley1465

    @barbarakiley1465

    3 жыл бұрын

    This dam has the potential to CHANGE HISTORY, not just with. Millions dead, but by wiping out the Chinese economy and devastating the food supply. You REALLY don't see this?

  • @cybourne5910

    @cybourne5910

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@barbarakiley1465 I was part of the job and visited the area from time to time, it's a pro & con mega project, if u want a, world that is perfectly safe, you should try to make the world nuclear free first

  • @noseahead

    @noseahead

    3 жыл бұрын

    @。。。。。。。 Kenelm Price to the environment and biodiversity is so much greater than cheap electricity

  • @noseahead

    @noseahead

    3 жыл бұрын

    @。。。。。。。 Kenelm Like who?

  • @MsDiscofever

    @MsDiscofever

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@barbarakiley1465 The dam was there since 1994...This sudden press attention for the dam doesn't strike you as being at least a little odd?

  • @EBAYvillager
    @EBAYvillager2 жыл бұрын

    What is the silt level? Has it reached 90m? Are the silt escape tunnels working? What happens when the silt reaches the generators? Can the generators be bipassed?

  • @harrythompson2894

    @harrythompson2894

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't know!!

  • @user-iw7dm5yp2b
    @user-iw7dm5yp2b3 жыл бұрын

    People are mainly support the dam, because it brings huge electricity for industries and domestic use. Of course there are negative efforts, the relocated people deserve better compensation, and it's true it will affect the biology, but there's a very big ship lock that can let the fishes to go upstream, and there is a "fish ladder" specially designed for fish to go upstream, and are also institutes to study and help. Additionnally, the so called hydrolic expert was not speaking Chinese at all.

  • @tearborn

    @tearborn

    3 жыл бұрын

    The primary goal of the dam is flood control. Shipping and irrigation are also main goals. Hydropower is the last.

  • @stolenaccount1424

    @stolenaccount1424

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tearborn primary goal, total control over the people...(Depopulation)

  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stolenaccount1424 yap total brainwashed as evidence by your comments . Somebody stole your account?

  • @stolenaccount1424

    @stolenaccount1424

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stolenaccount1424 bla bla.. Go to China seek justice there.

  • @sylwiaw3634
    @sylwiaw36343 жыл бұрын

    Dear people who had to watch this for school here are some answers: ecinomic benifit makes transporting goods easier social problem - 1.3 million people were displaced social benefit - lots of people get married there economic - lots of money environment- no fish left in the river becuase they were all down streem and cant swim up stream environmental benefit - flooding of the Yangtze River is easier to regulate social-no housing was provided for the people who had to move it costed 23bn euros biggest dam in the world 1..4 milliomn people had to move it makes river transport easier 60 stories tall 181 meters tall and 2 km long makes hydro electricity The yangtze river got more polluted

  • @DJANM_G4MING

    @DJANM_G4MING

    3 жыл бұрын

    Legend

  • @boladied

    @boladied

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! This was extremely helpful :D

  • @parthamohan5891
    @parthamohan58913 жыл бұрын

    The Brahmaputra would be either dry or rush with tremendous flow of water...it shall also affect the yamuna river flowing in bangladesh

  • @amberlight5830

    @amberlight5830

    2 жыл бұрын

    No it won't. China won't do what India doing to Pakistan.

  • @user-yo1dk8pb4d

    @user-yo1dk8pb4d

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@amberlight5830 what india had done to paxtan?? Plzz enlighten me

  • @user-yo1dk8pb4d

    @user-yo1dk8pb4d

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@amberlight5830 when did india broke sindhu river treaty???

  • @vivizsw
    @vivizsw3 жыл бұрын

    58 nuclear power reactors in France is something should everyone worry about !

  • @MountainFisher

    @MountainFisher

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Keys & Locks It is the smartest option with new technology. India is building thorium reactors a better option than Uranium reactors.

  • @RoyalRook
    @RoyalRook3 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't you able to collect the waste easier if the river flow slow down? Otherwise the waste would just wash down stream. The river disperse people before by flooding, which the dam could now control. I think the dam has served its purpose more than as a national symbol, and it must be well worth its costs if China keep making more hydro projects. I hope more people lift themselves out of poverty from project like this than simply losing their old way of life.

  • @GraniteInTheFace

    @GraniteInTheFace

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dilution has always been solution. Personally i dont see it that way. Less waste should go into the waters and that'll solve one issue

  • @worldofelectricity4038
    @worldofelectricity40383 жыл бұрын

    Typical western journalism

  • @amazingheritage
    @amazingheritage3 жыл бұрын

    Very impressive,,,

  • @thejeffinvade
    @thejeffinvade3 жыл бұрын

    Why don't the green loving Europeans talk about how much co2 emission has the dam saved?

  • @chubbymoth5810

    @chubbymoth5810

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ehm,.. that is one of the saddest parts about it. The amount of biodegradable material covered by the lake is releasing tonnes of CO2 and no way to recapture it. Hydro energy in general has proven to be not a very environmental friendly method of making energy, but still better than the coal that powers the rest of China. The flooding on the Yangzte River certainly hasn done any favor to the pollution levels of the lake either with all the cars and crap getting dragged in.

  • @thejeffinvade

    @thejeffinvade

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Grizzy Bear ………then don't build nuclear power stations, don't build wind turbines, specially don't build any more solar panels, because it is the most energy intensive production process.

  • @tearborn

    @tearborn

    3 жыл бұрын

    How about historical CO2 emission per capita?

  • @thejeffinvade

    @thejeffinvade

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tearborn you shouldve said cumulative.

  • @faith_alone

    @faith_alone

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because that's not the point of the video? Lol

  • @hanniedenboer3606
    @hanniedenboer36063 жыл бұрын

    Dif it colapse 7 nov 2020?

  • @jakesi8170
    @jakesi81703 жыл бұрын

    Now do the Hoover dam.

  • @FunnyVideosImedia

    @FunnyVideosImedia

    3 жыл бұрын

    What do you think? We aren't in 1950

  • @jakesi8170

    @jakesi8170

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FunnyVideosImedia I'm sure people would like to know. Regardless of the what year it is.

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jakesi8170 “let’s compare a 2010 dam to a 1950’s dam that will teach those damn westerners” Let’s compare your 2020 buildings to our 1960’s buildings.

  • @brunosirigado
    @brunosirigado3 жыл бұрын

    I saw a video from a canadian living in china in one of the major chinese cities, and while he was walking near the city river, there was a lot old chinese men fishing... He said that the majority of those men were farmers, and they had to sold their lands for some reason... just like the people in this video. The canadian guy said that those old farmers are now the new rich people in China... they received a good amount of money from the state for their lands, and they also receive pensions from the state. Now they basically spend their days fishing, gambling, doing Qigong etc. FRANCE 24 being FRANCE 24...

  • @Bitchslapper316

    @Bitchslapper316

    3 жыл бұрын

    "France 24 being France 24" You could ve making that story up or your uncle could be making it up. At least these guys went out of their way and visited the country, interviewed the people affected who provided proof. All you provided is "my uncle said".

  • @brunosirigado

    @brunosirigado

    3 жыл бұрын

    @larry king I guess that for you, the communists eat children for breakfast... that was the rhetoric used by anti communists here in Portugal, during the 50's and 60's. Are you really that old or did you just found an anti communist old book, in your grandfather's attic? I understand your fears, when you see so many futuristics cities in China that look like Blade Runner... it's embarrassing for the west... it meaning that someone is falling behind... and it ain't China.

  • @SheepWaveMeByeBye

    @SheepWaveMeByeBye

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brunosirigado Blade Runner cities is a sign of cultural decay and overpopulation, not progress. Sci-fi dreams mostly ends with dystopias.

  • @brunosirigado

    @brunosirigado

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SheepWaveMeByeBye When i mention Blade Runner, i was talking about from a futuristic point of view, not from a social philosophical point of view like you did... you know that perfectly well, you just tried to play the smartest one in the class room. By the way, you forgot to mention that the Blade Runner cities are extremely dirty... in contrast with these chinese cities that are extremely clean.

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    What and where is this video of yours You could simply be lying, I need more evidence that a simple bundle of sentences.

  • @cby1309
    @cby13093 жыл бұрын

    God bless the people and keep them safe.

  • @trinasright8154

    @trinasright8154

    2 жыл бұрын

    Too bad most of them don’t believe in our Lord.

  • @taichitao85

    @taichitao85

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@trinasright8154 what is your Lord?

  • @mintheman7

    @mintheman7

    11 ай бұрын

    @@trinasright8154 Too bad your “lord” never existed

  • @Moneydoesgames
    @Moneydoesgames3 жыл бұрын

    There is multiple nuclear reactors down stream and if this damn breaks the world will know it

  • @casperx1513

    @casperx1513

    3 жыл бұрын

    Terrifying

  • @alexandersolon6548

    @alexandersolon6548

    3 жыл бұрын

    if that happens, if there should be any nuclear leak would go downstream and maybe leak into the south china sea. Effectively contaminating the malaysia, vietnam, indonesia, philippines, singapore.

  • @Moneydoesgames

    @Moneydoesgames

    3 жыл бұрын

    Alexander Solon according to some people its over or around 60 nuclear plants, it would be felt worldwide

  • @alexandersolon6548

    @alexandersolon6548

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Moneydoesgames jesus christ, if the pearl river delta or the yangtze is connected to that they would be contaminating the most populated place in the world. starving the fields, farms, fisheries etc.

  • @Moneydoesgames

    @Moneydoesgames

    3 жыл бұрын

    Alexander Solon fooked ain’t it

  • @mizzoupatriot8814
    @mizzoupatriot88142 жыл бұрын

    "Watch the water"- Q

  • @MrLemonAsus
    @MrLemonAsus2 жыл бұрын

    What's that ending OST?

  • @duaneross9271
    @duaneross9271 Жыл бұрын

    There is no way to destroy it. Water that is.

  • @edwardpiper2749
    @edwardpiper27493 жыл бұрын

    Damn

  • @innocentmushi3036
    @innocentmushi30363 жыл бұрын

    Western media and their negative narration of the Chinese projects. Im sure if this project was done in US or Europe the Western media would praise it.

  • @dtwach6820

    @dtwach6820

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂 bet you dont know about tofu deng projects in china ha??

  • @ianroywell7352
    @ianroywell73523 жыл бұрын

    The dam is great, the dam is pro human and planet but the humans who made this possible should also look after the humans who were affected by the toll. :(

  • @Neilukuk

    @Neilukuk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @toytony ji Obvious china bots. "I have been making billions of dollars. Selling electricity"

  • @Neilukuk

    @Neilukuk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @toytony ji We don't have basements in the UK. How's that money coming along? Making Billions selling Electricity LMFAO Have a great week and take care.

  • @Neilukuk

    @Neilukuk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @toytony ji I seen that deleted message " toytony ji replied: you are a from a tosser from UK. 30 minutes ago" What the hell does that say? Just stop!

  • @wilfredfizzlebang6181

    @wilfredfizzlebang6181

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pro human yes. Pro planet no.

  • @Evil0tto

    @Evil0tto

    2 жыл бұрын

    You lie.

  • @user-jd5uz5xr9u
    @user-jd5uz5xr9u Жыл бұрын

    Why ther are no subtitles?

  • @brettshrekington
    @brettshrekington3 жыл бұрын

    Is John podesta this dudes dad?

  • @sohaibaslamrandhawa2626
    @sohaibaslamrandhawa26262 жыл бұрын

    You are discussing social problem mores while technical problem far behind your controversial statement

  • @tan14man
    @tan14man3 жыл бұрын

    the woman interviewed is probably in jail for speaking out

  • @pablo-fg3mo
    @pablo-fg3mo Жыл бұрын

    Bro why my teacher gotta do this to me

  • @benp3485
    @benp34852 жыл бұрын

    As of July 23 2021, China is flooded. I just hope this is not due to the 3 gorges dam and the other 98000 dams constructed

  • @jessbides5562

    @jessbides5562

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is Two of their dam were collapse

  • @emmanuelxarhin8064

    @emmanuelxarhin8064

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are right I think it's because of the Corona virus many activities was shot down and that caused climate change all over the world

  • @amberlight5830

    @amberlight5830

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jessbides5562 but not three gorges.

  • @Dept246

    @Dept246

    2 жыл бұрын

    USA has estimated 84,000 dams.

  • @brownsrvlifecampground9322
    @brownsrvlifecampground93222 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow that's cray

  • @maticgorse3009
    @maticgorse30092 жыл бұрын

    Kva je s oglasi a?

  • @81hermoso
    @81hermoso2 жыл бұрын

    Still don’t understand how this benefit the world when in reality it effects the earth 🌎

  • @md.foysalmridha1885
    @md.foysalmridha18853 жыл бұрын

    May be it cause a huge Land Erosion.

  • @alanrobert3
    @alanrobert32 жыл бұрын

    Cha cha cha China just add water and watch the infrastructure crumble.

  • @okmayendri201
    @okmayendri2012 жыл бұрын

    RRC: Three Gorges Dam

  • @stevenphang538
    @stevenphang5382 жыл бұрын

    The controversial is created by the media. The same content can be use for any country's dam. It is a dam and same purpose.

  • @bryans2790
    @bryans27903 жыл бұрын

    When did it collapse?

  • @user-bk1cy6fj7r

    @user-bk1cy6fj7r

    3 жыл бұрын

    It hasn’t collapsed yet.

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@user-bk1cy6fj7r *yet*

  • @alexanderfrazier8840
    @alexanderfrazier88402 жыл бұрын

    It’s got a nice target painted on it doesn’t it

  • @user-lc8yc4cq5n
    @user-lc8yc4cq5n Жыл бұрын

    The south side of the dam will collapse first. The deformation is so obvious.

  • @BSPBuilder

    @BSPBuilder

    Жыл бұрын

    What deformation you are talking about?

  • @SwervinSpliffs27
    @SwervinSpliffs27 Жыл бұрын

    In case anyone was confused, a nation that does not care about human rights will abuse human rights

  • @mizzoupatriot8814
    @mizzoupatriot88143 жыл бұрын

    Wait till the United States military pays a visit to this dam ;)

  • @mizzoupatriot8814

    @mizzoupatriot8814

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@casperx1513 I wouldnt go that far.

  • @adolin1338

    @adolin1338

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@casperx1513 doesn't have to, have you heard of NATO and India?

  • @kaligola2713

    @kaligola2713

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dude China have nuclear arsenal not like Syria and Iraq

  • @worldofelectricity4038

    @worldofelectricity4038

    3 жыл бұрын

    China is not some poor country that US can mess with lol better not to go there

  • @dznuts123

    @dznuts123

    2 жыл бұрын

    well you do know china has nukes, right? they can give us some freedom as well

  • @AyushKumar-pt7bx
    @AyushKumar-pt7bx Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this detailed analysis of China's biggest and world largest dam. indeed there will be some consequences.

  • @neutralino1905
    @neutralino19053 жыл бұрын

    Waiting for the dam to collapse is the same as waiting for China to collapse. Read Gordon Chang's book to feel better, heh. Oh, and I won’t dignify that Andrew Nathan fool with a direct response, so I'll just say here that those old talking points are real old and mean nothing anymore.

  • @johnnybc1520

    @johnnybc1520

    2 жыл бұрын

    The CCP knows that the dam is a massive vulnerability that threatens their legitimacy and they can't pull out of it. It is like building a wounded up guillotine on the definition of your civilization. You have no response to this

  • @neutralino1905

    @neutralino1905

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnnybc1520 It's no vulnerability because it was built to last. If it really were a flimsy piece of poorly-made garbage, it would have already collapsed decades ago. But you're right about one thing: it's very much in the government's interests to keep it standing, like it is for the US to keep the Hoover Dam standing for obvious reasons.

  • @johnnybc1520

    @johnnybc1520

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@neutralino1905 in an event of a war, it would be a prime target for nukes. Only a few nukes would cause the water to radiate the entire Yangtze river basin and cause the failure of every dam after three gorges

  • @johnnybc1520

    @johnnybc1520

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@neutralino1905 why would anyone build a dam on a river with hundreds of million of people living down stream. Extreme incompetence

  • @neutralino1905

    @neutralino1905

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnnybc1520 Because before it was built, flooding caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. After it was built, deaths from flooding decreased dramatically. And the dam is built to withstand nukes. Not to mention how destroying dams is a war crime, and if we're at the point where nukes are flying, a dam collapsing won't even be the largest problem to worry about.

  • @chinaflex6612
    @chinaflex66122 жыл бұрын

    French freely interviewed and filmed Chinese people talking. Freedom of speech in China.

  • @birenlimbu314
    @birenlimbu3142 жыл бұрын

    Sour grapes!!!

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    Will turn into wine over time

  • @user-jt3dm4mo7i
    @user-jt3dm4mo7i2 жыл бұрын

    This video is an 'unbiased' westerners' critique of China. 😆 🤣 😂

  • @kelseyturnis8716
    @kelseyturnis87163 жыл бұрын

    Jesus the comments on this are horrible. Which would you rather have, electricity & money or a planet, animals and food...? They should Tear down the dam and replace this energy with windpower.

  • @DwayneScriven
    @DwayneScriven3 жыл бұрын

    My father (jack scriven) was the president of the canadian company Teshmont Consulting Inc. They were the company tasked with allocating where all the electrical power the dam would produce would be sent to and how it was split up!! I remember as a child having dinner with chinese business executives and their CCP Handlers at our house in winnipeg, manitoba, canada where Teshmont Consulting was based. I even have a picture of me and my family and all the chinese staff at winnipeg airport when they left! great video, thanks for your work.

  • @_peeg2033

    @_peeg2033

    3 жыл бұрын

    ok

  • @goshimtired

    @goshimtired

    3 жыл бұрын

    useless comment

  • @Sendit123

    @Sendit123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your family shook hands with the enemy, I wouldn’t be proud about that. The CCP are evil scum.

  • @_peeg2033

    @_peeg2033

    3 жыл бұрын

    damn this thread popping off ngl

  • @trinasright8154

    @trinasright8154

    2 жыл бұрын

    Certainly nothing to be proud of...fraternizing with the enemy...and China is enemy of democracy.

  • @KingsKeep
    @KingsKeep3 жыл бұрын

    Is this before or during the coronavirus?

  • @coseinstruments515
    @coseinstruments5153 жыл бұрын

    sounds like the immediate benefits far outweighs the potential downsides...

  • @gaoxiaen1

    @gaoxiaen1

    11 ай бұрын

    Long-term- who knows?

  • @salvadorvillasenor5774
    @salvadorvillasenor57742 жыл бұрын

    Ipinatayo ang 3 dam para sa ikabubuti din nila, ngunit ang natural calamity gaya ng bagyo,lindol,hindi kayang kontrolin ng tao yan lalo na yang lakas ng agos ng tubig,napakalakas nyan.Mahuhusay ang mga Chinese Engineers at magiging aral sa kanila ang nangyari at magagawa nilang makagawa uli ng mas matibay kaysa dating nasira.Pinakamahirap na kalaban yang natural calamity,gaya ng bagyo at lindol...

  • @parthamohan5891
    @parthamohan58913 жыл бұрын

    If Tibet would have been free these would have never happened!!!!

  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tibetans in China already enjoying better standard of living n much superior infrastructures then the exiled Tibetans in India.

  • @parthamohan5891

    @parthamohan5891

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ikanfugu infrastructures don't speak of freedom of mind...yes now Xi Jinping is listening to the voices of the the earlier unheard peoples & tribes still we can't forget the devasting damage done earlier...I myself being a Dai chinese & now living in Assam as a Tai-Ahom we know why we can't believe a Han Chinese!

  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@parthamohan5891 you can't believe a Han Chinese? There are billion out there n you can't believe even one. It shows just how brainwashed you are.

  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@parthamohan5891 people can visit China n india n see how people live. In India people are free to vote n free to die by the heaps, Chinese don't want that. Even Democratic Taiwanese would choose china over india to live.

  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@parthamohan5891 mohan, take covid for example :China 's effective n efficient government has brought the virus under control in only a few months with less than 5000 deaths. Propaganda? How else can you explain China economic recovery n robust export since last year? Dead n sick Chinese can work? Please examine your own lies.

  • @MiguelGonzalez-if6rb
    @MiguelGonzalez-if6rb3 жыл бұрын

    COMUNISMO my frend it all be that way I LIVE THERE I AM CUBAN

  • @justinvandal9696

    @justinvandal9696

    3 жыл бұрын

    Canada on the way

  • @superbadmofo1
    @superbadmofo12 жыл бұрын

    They just celebrated several weddings in front of the dam....how unromantic...

  • @viufilm..
    @viufilm..3 жыл бұрын

    I'm only watching this cuz it's homework

  • @rosemarydudley9954
    @rosemarydudley99543 жыл бұрын

    ....may their love be as strong as the Dam....ha ha ha ha ha How many divorces now?

  • @tinafriesen5965

    @tinafriesen5965

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @geralynmogensen8620
    @geralynmogensen86202 жыл бұрын

    Iceland volcano

  • @velmurugankandasamy9656
    @velmurugankandasamy96562 жыл бұрын

    Hydro electricity more clean energy source.china can go full electric without using any focil fuel.these pollution can be controlled by public awareness ,që proper industrial waste management and recycling process. Fisheries can move farm Fisheries and through industrial hatcheries reintroduce pawns into river again,it might take time then peoples who are affected get used and move.

  • @davebauman4991
    @davebauman4991 Жыл бұрын

    14:45 He's speaking German in Germany.

  • @chrisg5229
    @chrisg52292 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't want to be anywhere downriver from that dam; not even for one day...

  • @jnusslein6301
    @jnusslein63013 жыл бұрын

    The three gorges dam is just like China itself, collapsed 3 times every year.

  • @MrDudulex

    @MrDudulex

    3 жыл бұрын

    Every week

  • @jeanzhaolu

    @jeanzhaolu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gordon Chang: I assure you it will! right next week, if not then the week after, trust me bro

  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    You wish. While your pathetic wish hasn't come through China has successfully sent a rover to Mars. Eat your heart out

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ikanfugu yeah Russia and America did it way sooner. Oh yeah and by the way, did America have a famine that ended up in about 30 million deaths and caused 70 million failed births. Did they have a hundred day period of which children were killed and babies were forcefully aborted or did they have a cultural culling which killed even more people or did they ram down people protesting with tanks and killed 1000+ people for asking for simple rights. I don’t think so

  • @ikanfugu

    @ikanfugu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 They don't show you the pictures when the protesters killed the police n soldiers n burned the armoured car in Tiananmen square. The break up of soviets union caused civil wars even wars among the former warsaw members,million died instead of 1000. Read history, Do the math.

  • @lindasapiecha2515
    @lindasapiecha25153 жыл бұрын

    Terrible for the natural environment and the displaced people

  • @705asif
    @705asif2 жыл бұрын

    People commenting in this video from their Chinese built i phones or computer..... and most likely the screen behind the reporter and the cameras and computers used to make this report is also made in china...... LMAO

  • @jeffreywright1114
    @jeffreywright11142 жыл бұрын

    In war that dam would be #1?

  • @illiaster5237
    @illiaster52373 жыл бұрын

    Nothing disastrous about it. Don't get your hopes up - unless you're named Gordon Chang, of course.

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just really hope to see the downfall of the ccp man, one of the most corrupt governments in the modern world.

  • @kkyykao189

    @kkyykao189

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 Based on what criteria? Maybe you mean the US.

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kkyykao189 based on facts? China is corrupt and will use short cuts on their projects. If you look at it many of their “cutting edge” buildings start to crumble immediately. Why would they crumble if it had such a high budget?. Unluckily due to extreme censoring I can’t come up with the 20 cases of corruption you want me to.

  • @kkyykao189

    @kkyykao189

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 Are you telling me that other countries and governments don't have corruption. Who are you kidding? Taiwan's ex-president, Chen Shui-bian, was given a life sentence on corruption. A history of corruption in the united-states by Harvard University on September 23, 2020: Article in theguardian by George Monbiot: If you think the UK isn't corrupt, you haven't looked hard enough But the west dresses up the corruption activities by calling these lobbyists. Are you on drugs?

  • @kkyykao189

    @kkyykao189

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 If you said China is the most corrupted country, have you done a comparison and analysis? Care to show me the details. Corruptions in Taiwan: Article in global security org Corruption has become endemic in Taiwan over the past decade. Although recent governments have made anti-corruption a priority, there has been little real progress. Corruption has been reported as most pervasive in the area of government procurement, particularly in public-sector construction projects. Local-level construction tenders seem to have the highest level of corruption. Some prosecutors estimate that payments to organized crime syndicates amount to 8 to 15 percent of the cost of all public engineering projects. The authorities have been investigating alleged corrupt procurement practices at both the provincial and central level. These investigations have resulted in a few convictions.

  • @user-iw7dm5yp2b
    @user-iw7dm5yp2b3 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine how much coal it has saved, and how many people have saved (no floods like 1998 will happen again and no people need to died for that)

  • @alvinca647

    @alvinca647

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Finn Hansen Check how many deaths. You have no idea about flood in 1998. Flood in 2020 has fewer death.

  • @winstonsmith8482

    @winstonsmith8482

    2 жыл бұрын

    Millions of people are at risk if the dam collapses, and the dam seems to have become unstable.

  • @utahnick
    @utahnick3 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't help but think North Korea during the wedding scene.

  • @lindanorris2455

    @lindanorris2455

    3 жыл бұрын

    SURE.

  • @utahnick

    @utahnick

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Shabushabu IndianshvanIQof83 STFU

  • @vbs7953
    @vbs79532 жыл бұрын

    China constructed 11 giant dams on Mekong River, causing severe drought and saline intrusion in the lower basin.

  • @djaldridge2485
    @djaldridge24853 жыл бұрын

    do you really think the Chinese Engineers who built the 3 gorges dam are idiots, fools, or uneducated. yes it was a mega project but then Cina "Red" China is a mega country. Of course the dam moved as the waters rose, that is what it is supposed to do as the water level in the dam pool rises, the structure compresses to take and resist the strain from the pressure of of 900 plus feet of water. It successfully did this because it is a single pore monolithic structure. The dam engineers know what is happening as it is laced with strain gauges. If you want to know more go join a civil engineering collage to learn why. Have not been to the 3 gorges dam yet but i am told it is a modern wonder of the world. Well done the construction crews - all chines!

  • @Maddinhpws

    @Maddinhpws

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hell this dam was checked over and to a large degree planned by British and German engineers. The best of their trade.

  • @amanimrema9
    @amanimrema92 жыл бұрын

    Electricity now become disaster

  • @tenzinnordenthinley7121
    @tenzinnordenthinley71212 жыл бұрын

    4:18 Wrong, it is happening now. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Clownler
    @Clownler3 жыл бұрын

    thank god this isnt in french

  • @nabeelzafar8722
    @nabeelzafar87223 жыл бұрын

    Lol, if you don't understand it. Go against it.

  • @alonhergenhan2231
    @alonhergenhan22312 жыл бұрын

    Pondering how many Uygher Slaves were used to construct it. 🧐

  • @ftlbs928

    @ftlbs928

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don't ask Lebron that question lest he call you a racist.

  • @keithrichard6966
    @keithrichard69662 жыл бұрын

    Ordered to leave ordered!

  • @simonchang3929
    @simonchang39292 жыл бұрын

    But the Wolf never comes????

  • @theritikayadav5298
    @theritikayadav52982 жыл бұрын

    Yhi dam k wjh se brbad ho rha h china

  • @TheLeaderr
    @TheLeaderr3 жыл бұрын

    Is this all you can come up with? Including that ridiculous satellite image? Really? This is pretty sad :/...

  • @stolenaccount1424

    @stolenaccount1424

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because it might prove that the U.S. is having a weather war with China.

  • @JoeSmith-zg7in
    @JoeSmith-zg7in3 жыл бұрын

    Get an axe and build a nice cabin. axes are dirt cheap.and live on potatoes.

  • @ihsanbajwa3974
    @ihsanbajwa39742 жыл бұрын

    تھری گورجئس ڈیم جو کہ چائنہ میں ہے دنیا کا سب سے بڑا ہائیڈل پاور جنریٹنگ ڈیم ہے۔۔۔۔۔کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں؟؟؟؟؟

  • @resistor8735
    @resistor87353 жыл бұрын

    Amazing bio labs under the dam.

  • @dznuts123
    @dznuts1232 жыл бұрын

    nothing is truly perfect, and the dam perfectly illustrates this point with its tradeoffs. pro: electricity, flood control (don't underestimate the floods in china) con: ecological disruption, forced migration of humans and animals now that the decision is made for china, can you imagine what would have happened if the dam weren't built? how many millions would have lost their lives to floods? what about electricity?

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    “Why did you destroy the habitat of possible a hundred living species” China: Money

  • @dznuts123

    @dznuts123

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 Says you. Do you know how much electricity those dams generate? Do you know how many lives they have saved from floods? Are you aware of the severity of floods in china? You don't care about their lives, so don't act like a saint.

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dznuts123 not saying I’m not a saint, just saying china is far from it. Also that comment didn’t represent the construction of the dam. Also the dam failed to work and they had to do a emergency release of water flooding many areas around the dam. The concrete was bending. Also it’s a joke lol

  • @dznuts123

    @dznuts123

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822 the dam didn't fail to work. check your facts again. emergency release is normal. wait, actually you would store the water until the dam breaks. the construction was not done in the best way, sure, but the dam has done its job. if it's a joke as you claimed, why is it still standing?

  • @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    @usedtoberyanpoopnownormal8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dznuts123 the dam failed to work….. How are you denying it wasn’t working. Not in the context you gave “not working” Damn you guys really deny everything wrong with your country

  • @jaynenord101
    @jaynenord1012 жыл бұрын

    Flat, Stationary and Enclosed🙏

  • @starhawkflyingbright6905
    @starhawkflyingbright690511 ай бұрын

    😂 why do people like to believe in fake news??

  • @parthamohan5891
    @parthamohan58913 жыл бұрын

    "Hydrolic Bombs"

  • @chunksinfante1789
    @chunksinfante17893 жыл бұрын

    Chinese are in morally broke

  • @mckevinleetan1850
    @mckevinleetan18503 жыл бұрын

    soon that dam will collapse in the aerial view left side of dam pretty weak. imagine youre a fish up north and when u arive at the dam ur gonna drown bcoz of those thousand liters of water massaging ur body. ecosystem disaster indeed

  • @momsspaghetti3885

    @momsspaghetti3885

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Anirban Roy say again?

  • @momsspaghetti3885

    @momsspaghetti3885

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Anirban Roy not for long you idiot

  • @bnj0828
    @bnj08283 жыл бұрын

    I'm just here to kill time too.

  • @stolenaccount1424

    @stolenaccount1424

    3 жыл бұрын

    Time is actually killing you.

  • @josephdjackson9412
    @josephdjackson94123 жыл бұрын

    Why is there no fish-LADDER built into this damn dam?! How could they have been so STUPID as to have failed to INCLUDE this most BASIC of environmental protections in the construction?!

  • @nigelr3628
    @nigelr36283 жыл бұрын

    Shameful people